Patronate and patronage in early and classical Islam /
edited by Monique Bernards and John Nawas.
Leiden :
Brill,
2005.
xiv, 511 p. :
ill., maps, tab., charts ;
25 cm.
(Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts
; v.61)
Texts are contributions to an international conference held in Berg en Dal, the Netherlands.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Alliances in Islam/ Ella Landau-Tasseron -- Were the Jewish tribes in Arabia clients of Arab tribes?/ Michael Lecker -- The origin and development of the Islamic patronate/ Ulrike Mitter -- Patronate in Shi'ite law/ Robert Gleave -- Mawali and the Prophet's family: an early Shi'ite view/ Patricia Crone -- Mawali and muwalladun in al-Andalus/ Maribel Fierro -- Coversion-based patronage and onomastic evidence in early Islam/ Richard W. Bulliet -- The economic status of the mawali/ Jamal Juda -- Mawali in the composition of al-Ma'mun's army: a non-Arab takeover?/ Amikam Elad -- Mawali and music/ Hilary Kilpatrick -- Mawali and Arabic poetry: some observations/ Geert Jan van Gelder -- The mawali and early Arabic historiography/ Lawrence I. Conrad -- The contribution of mawali to the Arabic linguistic tradition/ Monique Bernards -- A profile of the mawali 'ulama'/ John Nawas .