The ''Alids : The First Family of Islam, 750-1200

Name: The ''Alids
Brand: Edinburgh University Press
SKU: 9780748695843
Price: 5600 KES
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ISBN: 9780748695843

by Teresa Bernheimer

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0748695842

ISBN-13 9780748695843

Publisher Edinburgh University Press

Imprint Edinburgh University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 20th, 2014

Print length 128 Pages

Weight 212 grams

Dimensions 23.40 x 15.70 x 0.70 cms

Product Classification: Middle Eastern history Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours Islam Middle Eastern history Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours Islam

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The first social history of the 'Alids, in the crucial formative period from the Abbasid Revolution of 750 to the Seljuq period of 1100. It examines their rise from a religious point of view and as a social phenomenon, asking how this family attained and extended its status over the centuries.

The ''Alids are the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad, the elite family of Islam. The respect and veneration they are accorded is unparalleled in Islamic society, regardless of political or religious affiliation. They have played a major role in Islamic history: famous early rebels and founders of major Islamic sects, and many rulers - such as the 10th-century Fatimids in Egypt, the current kings of Jordan and Morocco, Ayatollah Khomeini and the Aga Khan - all claimed ''Alid descent.

This first in-depth study of the ''Alids focuses on the crucial formative period from the Abbasid Revolution to the Saljuq period, 750-1100. Exploring the rise of the ''Alids as a social phenomenon, the author asks how this family attained and extended its status over the centuries.

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