Longing for the Lost Caliphate : A Transregional History
by Mona Hassan
Published by : Princeton University Press (New Jersey) Physical details: 390 Pages 23x19 cm | HB ISBN:9780691166780. Year: 2016| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Stacks | Non-fiction | 297.61 M734L 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | 57087 |
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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.
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