Mona Hassan
Longing for the Lost Caliphate : A Transregional History Mona Hassan - New Jersey Princeton University Press 2016 - 390 Pages 23x19 cm HB
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In the United States and Europe, the word caliphate has conjured historically romantic and increasingly pernicious associations. Yet the caliphates significance in Islamic history and Muslim culture remains poorly understood. This work explores the myriad meanings of the caliphate for Muslims around the world through the analytical lens of two key moments of loss in the thirteenth and twentieth centuries.
9780691166780
Caliphate
Islam and state
History
297.61
Longing for the Lost Caliphate : A Transregional History Mona Hassan - New Jersey Princeton University Press 2016 - 390 Pages 23x19 cm HB
Include Index
In the United States and Europe, the word caliphate has conjured historically romantic and increasingly pernicious associations. Yet the caliphates significance in Islamic history and Muslim culture remains poorly understood. This work explores the myriad meanings of the caliphate for Muslims around the world through the analytical lens of two key moments of loss in the thirteenth and twentieth centuries.
9780691166780
Caliphate
Islam and state
History
297.61