Purity of Faith, Madhhab Partisanship, and Legitimising Ideology in the Great Seljuq Sultanate
The madhhab is usually investigated from the standpoint of fiqh. But there was also a social aspect to the importance of the madhhab, which at no time played a more crucial social role than during the Seljuq period (1040–1194). In particular, Ḥanafī madhhab affiliation became both the post-conquest...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Islamic law and society
Year: 2025, Volume: 32, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 70-91 |
| Further subjects: | B
Hanafism
B Seljuqs B Khurasanis B religious purity B madhhab B Turks |
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| Summary: | The madhhab is usually investigated from the standpoint of fiqh. But there was also a social aspect to the importance of the madhhab, which at no time played a more crucial social role than during the Seljuq period (1040–1194). In particular, Ḥanafī madhhab affiliation became both the post-conquest ideological justification for Seljuq rule, and the glue holding together the two elements of the Seljuq ruling class: The Turkish magnates and the Khurasani bureaucrats. This article proves three points: First, that the original Seljuq conquest neither looked like nor purported to be the religious mission the Seljuqs later claimed it was; second, it traces the post-facto madhhab-based justification of their rule which the Seljuqs adopted, and its success in obtaining Khurasani support for the Seljuq regime; and, finally, it shows also the negative consequences this ideology of partisan Ḥanafism had on the internal peace of their realm and its urban flourishing. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5195 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Islamic law and society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685195-bja10061 |
