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The First Dynasty of Islam: The Umayyad Caliphate AD 661-750

Book by G. R. Hawting; Routledge, 2000

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Islamic Empire--History--661-750

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Hajjaj After Marwans accession to the caliphate in 684 all of the remainder of the Umayyad...685-705 was himself succeeded in the caliphate by no fewer than four of his own sons...and being interrupted only by the brief caliphate of their cousin Umar b. Abd al-Aziz...
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The First Dynasty of Islam: The Umayyad Caliphate A.D. 661-750

Book by G. R. Hawting; Southern Illinois University Press, 1987

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Islamic Empire--History--661-750

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Hajjaj After Marwans accession to the caliphate in 684 all of the remainder of the Umayyad...685-705 was himself succeeded in the caliphate by no fewer than four of his own sons...and being interrupted only by the brief caliphate of their cousin Umar b. Abd al-Aziz...
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Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography: Harun Al-Rashid and the Narrative of the Abbasid Caliphate

Book by Tayeb El-Hibri; Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Harun Al-Rashid--Caliph--Ca. 763-809, Islamic Empire--History--750-1258--Historiography

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...vol. XXVI, The Waning of the Umayyad Caliphate , Albany 1989 Hodgson, M. G. S. The...vol. XV, The Crisis of the Early Caliphate , Albany 1990 Isma il, O. S., Mu...1957 Kennedy, H., The Early Abbasid Caliphate: A Political History , London 1981 The...
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Excellence and Precedence: Medieval Islamic Discourse on Legitimate Leadership

Book by Asma Afsaruddin; Brill, 2002

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Caliphate--History, Imamate--History, Islam And Politics--Arabian Peninsula--History, Leadership--Religious Aspects--Islam, Legitimacy Of Governments--Arabian Peninsula--History, Polity (Religion)

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...regarded Ali as the most qualified for the caliphate. AI:Jal.1i:. ; next turns his...that Abu Bakrs qualifications for the caliphate were also similarly dis- puted. They...appointed someone competent enough to the caliphate, while there was yet a better candidate...
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International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration: D-K - Vol. 2

Book by Jay M. Shafritz; Westview Press, 1998

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Policy Sciences--Encyclopedias, Public Administration--Encyclopedias

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...inaugurating the beginning of the Abbasyah caliphate 750-1258 . For over five centuries...ruled the Islamic state. The Abbasyah caliphate is divided into two caliphates: the Abbasyah caliphate I 750-847 and the Abbasyah caliphate...

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Journal Articles on: caliphate

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Messianic Beliefs and Imperial Politics in Medieval Islam: The 'Abbasid Caliphate in the Early Ninth Century

Journal article by Wilferd Madelung; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 130, 2010

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Books--Book reviews, Messianic Beliefs and Imperial Politics in Medieval Islam: The 'Abbasid Caliphate in the Early Ninth Century (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Politics in Medieval Islam: The Abbasid Caliphate in the Early Ninth Century. by Wilferd...Politics in Medieval Islam: The Abbasid Caliphate in the Early Ninth Century. By Hayrettin...special interest among historians of the caliphate on account of his unconventional and...
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Telling Stories, Making Histories: Women, Words, and Islam in Nineteenth-Century Hausaland and the Sokoto Caliphate

Journal article by Felix K. Ekechi; The Historian, Vol. 70, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, Telling Stories, Making Histories: Women, Words, and Islam in Nineteenth-Century Hausaland and the Sokoto Caliphate (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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...Nineteenth-Century Hausaland and the Sokoto Caliphate. by Felix K. Ekechi Telling Stories...Nineteenth-Century Hausaland and the Sokoto Caliphate. By Mary Wren Bivins. (Portsmouth...changing historical landscape in the Sokoto Caliphate were "undeniably present" (130...
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God and Logic in Islam: The Caliphate of Reason

Journal article by Robert J. Dobie; Theological Studies, Vol. 72, 2011

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Books--Book reviews, God and Logic in Islam: The Caliphate of Reason (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

God and Logic in Islam: The Caliphate of Reason. by Robert J. Dobie GOD AND LOGIC IN ISLAM: THE CALIPHATE OF REASON. By John Walbridge. New York: Cambridge University, 2011. Pp. xii + 211. $90. In the light of current events, nothing...
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Power, Honour and Shame: The Ideology of Royal Slavery in the Sokoto Caliphate

Journal article by Sean Stilwell; Africa, Vol. 70, 2000

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Civil war--Nigeria, Honor--Social aspects, Slaves--History, Sokoto, Nigeria--History

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...IDEOLOGY OF ROYAL SLAVERY IN THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE. by Sean Stilwell One obedient slave...slavery and `honour in the Sokoto Caliphate. Rather than assuming all slaves were...communities in the Hausa emirates of the Sokoto Caliphate after the jihad (holy war) of 1804...
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Religious Inquisition as Social Policy: The Persecution of the 'Zanadiqa' in the Early Abbasid Caliphate

Journal article by Mahmood Ibrahim; Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), Vol. 16, 1994

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Islam--History, Religion and politics--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...of the Zanadiqa in the early Abbasid Caliphate. by Mahmood Ibrahim INTRODUCTION IT...and commerce expanded throughout the Caliphate.(2) After nearly a century of Umayyad...favor of a revived landed class as the Caliphate began to use Iqta in a more systematic...

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Magazine Articles on: caliphate

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For Allah and the Caliphate: Hizb Ut-Tahrir, with Its Millions of Muslim Followers, Is Accused in the US of Being a Conveyor Belt for Terrorists. but How Dangerous Is It Really? Shiv Malik Reports

Magazine article by Shiv Malik; New Statesman, Vol. 133, September 13, 2004

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Muslim organizations--Analysis, Muslim organizations--Influence, Muslim organizations--Religious aspects, Muslim organizations--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

For Allah and the Caliphate: Hizb Ut-Tahrir, with Its Millions of Muslim Followers...its method of action, and the re-establishment of the caliphate as its aim. The caliphate, or khilafah, dates back to the seventh century, when...
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Is Karimov Too Tough on Terror? When the Uzbek Government Stepped Up Its Crackdown on Terrorism, It Came under Fire from More Than the Radicals Who Wish to Re-establish the Islamic Caliphate

Magazine article; Insight on the News, January 19, 2004

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...Who Wish to Re-establish the Islamic Caliphate. Byline: Douglas Burton, INSIGHT Uzbekistan...government and re-establish the Islamic caliphate can be any further radicalized," he...re-establishment of the ancient Arab caliphate. The movement, which began in Jerusalem...
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World View: The 21st Century, Say US Analysts, Will Not Be American. It Will Belong to China and India, and It May Bring a Cyberspace Caliphate That Commands Muslim Loyalty across the World

Magazine article by Lindsey Hilsum; New Statesman, Vol. 134, January 24, 2005

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United States--Influence, United States--Political aspects, World politics--Analysis, World politics--Forecasts and trends

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...India, and It May Bring a Cyberspace Caliphate That Commands Muslim Loyalty across the...young imam presiding over a cyberspace caliphate, commanding the loyalty of Muslims in...instead proclaimed their allegiance to the caliphate?" asks the fictional grandson of Osama...
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Islam's First Terrorists: Clive Foss Introduces the Kharijites, a Radical Sect from the First Century of Islam Based in Southern Iraq and Iran, Who Adopted an Extreme Interpretation of the Koran, Ruthless Tactics and Opposed Hereditary Political Leadership. after Causing Centuries of Problems to the Caliphate, They Survive in a Quietist Form in East Africa and Oman

Magazine article by Clive Foss; History Today, Vol. 57, December 2007

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Ideology--History, Ideology--Political aspects, Islamic militants--History, Kharijites--History, Kharijites--Military aspects, Political ideologies--History, Terrorists--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Causing Centuries of Problems to the Caliphate, They Survive in a Quietist Form in...Hajjaj had worked so thoroughly that the Caliphate enjoyed a half-century of respite from...revolts that would destroy the Umayyad caliphate and lead to a universal Ibadi state...
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Size Matters

Magazine article by Gregory Cochran; American Conservative, Vol. 5, October 23, 2006

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Al Qaeda, Caliphate, Foreign policy, Iran, National security, Nuclear weapons, Radical groups, Terrorism, Threats, United States

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...no less, about the looming Islamic Caliphate-an evil empire that hasnt bothered...the third threat-the looming Islamic Caliphate, the reason we need to stay in Iraq...democracy, now preventing the rebirth of the Caliphate. Manage the segue properly and people...

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Newspaper Articles on: caliphate

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Nothing to Be Feared from the Return of the Caliphate; AGENDA Thousands of Muslims Yesterday Marked the Return of the Caliphate - but Not as You Know It, Says Waqar Ahmad Ahmedi

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 28, 2008

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Muslims, Sharia (Islamic religious practice)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...to Be Feared from the Return of the Caliphate; AGENDA Thousands of Muslims Yesterday Marked the Return of the Caliphate - but Not as You Know It, Says Waqar...or as it is known in the West, the Caliphate. This news may perplex or unsettle...
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Rampage of Extremism; Expected Tie-In with Electronic 'Caliphate'

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), November 10, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Rampage of Extremism; Expected Tie-In with Electronic Caliphate. Byline: Arnaud de Borchgrave, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Maj...this Virginia-born shrink inhabited an electronic global caliphate, the ummah, or universal community of Muslim believers...
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Obama Won't Connect Terror Dots; the State of the Caliphate Is Better Than It Should Be

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), February 1, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Obama Wont Connect Terror Dots; the State of the Caliphate Is Better Than It Should Be. Byline: THE WASHINGTON...However, if Taliban leader Mullah Omar gave a State of the Caliphate address, he could make the same claim. More Coalition...
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Mideastern Behind-the-Scenes Extremists; Beware of Revolutions That Rebuild the Islamic Caliphate

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), March 24, 2011

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Extremists; Beware of Revolutions That Rebuild the Islamic Caliphate. Byline: Ted Nugent, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Its...flames of the Mideast rebellions to re-establish the Islamic caliphate. Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi and other Mideast and...
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Countering Extremists on the Internet

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), February 11, 2011

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Internet

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the form of an Islamic caliphate with worldwide reach. The last Islamic caliphate was dismantled after the...outlines of the virtual caliphates emerging government, Mr...morality. How did the virtual caliphate emerge? Mr. Lappin traces...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: caliphate

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Caliphate

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CALIPHATE kal ifat , -fit, the rulership of Islam...749 1258) is sometimes called the caliphate of Baghdad. One Umayyad, Abd ar-Rahman...set up in 780. This later became the caliphate of Cordoba, or the Western caliphate...
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Sokoto Caliphate

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

SOKOTO CALIPHATE see Usuman dan Fodio . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Abbasid

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...uncle of Muhammad. The Abbasids held the caliphate from 749 to 1258, but they were recognized...reign there were rival caliphs (see caliphate ). In 836 the capital was transferred...the later Abbasids, the power of the caliphate became chiefly spiritual. Many independent...
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Fatimid

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Fatimite imit, dynasty claiming to hold the caliphate on the basis of descent from Fatima , a daughter...name Ubaidallah (Obaidallah) and set up a caliphate in opposition to the Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad. His execution of Al-Shii caused...
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Egypt

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...into warring states. Under the Umayyad caliphate many of the people continued their adherence...the predominant language. The Abbasid caliphate (founded c.750) at first held Egypt...fell to the Fatimid claimants to the caliphate, who invaded from the west. The Fatimids...

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