an introduction to the study of Islamic political theory : the jurists /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Ann K.S. Lambton.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1981.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xviii, 364 pages ;
Dimensions
22 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
London oriental series ;
Volume Designation
v. 36
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-354) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Religion and politics: the law -- The community and the state -- Khārijīs and Zaydīs: Murjiʻīs, Qadarīs and Muʻtazila -- The use and abuse of sovereignty: Abū Yūsuf, Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, al-Jāḥiẓ and Ibn al-Qutayba -- Al-Bāqillānī and al-Baghdādī -- Al-Māwardī: Wizāra and Imāra -- Al-Juwaynī and al-Ghazālī: the sultanate -- Fakhr al-Dīn Rāzī: the dissociation of religious and temporal power -- The extinction of the Caliphate: Ibn Jamāʻa and Ibn Taymiyya -- The historical theory: Ibn Khaldūn -- The Imām/Sultan: Faḍl Allāh B. Rūzbihān Khunjī -- The relations of Muslims and non-Muslims: Jihād: taxation and the conquered lands -- The Shīʻa: the Imāmiyya -- The Fuqahāʼ and the holders of power -- The Safawid dilemma -- The Ismāʻīliyya -- The individual and the state -- Appendix: Al-Fārābī: the good city -- Glossary.