The Caliphs, the ʿUlamāʾ, and the Law: Defining the Role and Function of the Caliph in the Early ʿAbbāsid Period

Abstract The early ʿAbbāsid period is usually thought of as a time when a definitive and enduring separation between religion and politics took place. On this view, expressed most notably by Lapidus and Crone and Hinds, the failure of the Miḥna instituted by the caliph al-Maʾmūn, a major showdown wi...

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Main Author: Zaman, Muhammad Qasim (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 1997
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 1997, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-36
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