Muslim Kingship: Power and the Sacred in Muslim, Christian and Pagan Politics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781860646096)

This study outlines the main features of the theory and practice of political power in Muslim polities in the Middle Ages against the background of Near Eastern traditions of kingship, particularly Hellenistic, Persian, and Byzantine. The early Arab-Muslim polity is treated as an integral part of late Antiquity and the book explores the way in which older traditions were transposed into Islamic form and given specifically Islamic textual sanction.

Author: Aziz Al-Azmeh
ISBN-10: 1860646093
ISBN-13: 9781860646096
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 02/16/2001
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.66d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2001 pg. 14