Al-ma'mun, the inquisition and the quest for caliphal authority
Auteur :
Nawas, John Abdallah
Éditeur :
Lockwood Press
ISBN :
9781937040550
Date de publication :
11 févr. 2016
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 cm
Poids :
655 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The "inquisition" (Mihnah) unleashed by the seventh Abbasid caliph, 'Abdallah al-Ma'mun (r. 813-833), has long attracted the attention of modern scholars of the intellectual, political, and religious history of the early Abbasid era. Historians have seen it as the key to a wide array of puzzles and problems in early Islamic history.