Princeton University Press Publishes 'Caliphate Redefined'
November 05, 2019
November 05, 2019
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description:
Caliphate Redefined: The Mystical Turn in Ottoman Political Thought, by Huseyin Yilmaz
The medieval theory of the caliphate, epitomized by the Abbasids (750-1258), was the construct of jurists who conceived it as a contractual leadership of the Muslim community in succession to the Prophet Muhammed's political authority.
In this book, Huseyin Yilmaz trace . . .
Caliphate Redefined: The Mystical Turn in Ottoman Political Thought, by Huseyin Yilmaz
The medieval theory of the caliphate, epitomized by the Abbasids (750-1258), was the construct of jurists who conceived it as a contractual leadership of the Muslim community in succession to the Prophet Muhammed's political authority.
In this book, Huseyin Yilmaz trace . . .