Religion and Politics Under the Early 'Abbāsids: The Emergence of the Proto-Sunnī Elite

by Muhammad Qasim Zaman

The main concern of this book is the religious policies of the early 'Abbāsid caliphs. It focuses on the religious trends which went into the making of Sunnī Islam, and traces the emergence of the nascent Sunnī elite in relation to the 'Abbāsids.
Various aspects of the caliphs' evolving relationship with the religious scholars are studied and the nature of caliphal patronage and its impact on the scholars, and ultimately on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004106782
• ISBN13: 9789004106789
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.7"