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024 7 _a10.1163/9789004492196
_2DOI
035 _z(OCoLC)47869356
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100 1 _aAfsaruddin, Asma
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aExcellence and Precedence :
_bMedieval Islamic Discourse on Legitimate Leadership /
_cAsma Afsaruddin.
246 3 _aMedieval Islamic Discourse on Legitimate Leadership
264 1 _aLeiden;
_aBoston :
_bBRILL,
_c2002.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
490 1 _aIslamic History and Civilization ;
_v36
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aThis volume focuses on how legitimate leadership came to be defined in the formative period of Islam in terms of two key Qur'anic concepts: moral excellence ( faḍl/faḍīla ) and precedence ( sābiqa ). These two concepts undergirded a specific discourse on leadership which developed in the first century of Islam. This discourse is reconstructed through careful scrutiny of the manāqib literature in particular, which contains detailed accounts of the excellences attributed to the Rāshidūn caliphs. This book stresses that all early factions, including the proto-Shī'a, subscribed to the Qur'ānically-mandated vision of a righteous polity guided by its most morally excellent members. Such a conclusion forces us to rethink the nature of leadership in the earliest period and reconsider the criteria invoked to establish its legitimacy.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aCaliphate
_xHistory.
650 0 _aImamate
_xHistory.
650 0 _aIslam and politics
_zArabian Peninsula
_xHistory.
650 0 _aLeadership
_xReligious aspects
_xIslam.
650 0 _aLegitimacy of governments
_zArabian Peninsula
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPolity (Religion)
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tExcellence and Precedence : Medieval Islamic Discourse on Legitimate Leadership.
_dLeiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2002
_z9789004120433
830 0 _aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
830 0 _aIslamic History and Civilization ;
_v36.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004492196
999 _c28851
_d28851