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The Almohad revolution: politics and religion in the Islamic West during the twelfth-thirteenth centuries

The Almohad revolution: politics and religion in the Islamic West during the twelfth-thirteenth centuries
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ISBN 1409440532 (hbk.)
9781409440536 (hbk.)
Author Fierro, Ma. Isabel (María Isabel)
Title The Almohad revolution : politics and religion in the Islamic West during the twelfth-thirteenth centuries / [by] Maribel Fierro
Publisher Farnham, UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Variorum, 2012
Physical desc. 1 v. (various pagings) ; 24 cm.
Series Collected studies CS996
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Spiritual alienation and political activism: the ghurabā' in al-Andalus during the sixth/twelfth century -- Between the Maghreb and al-Andalus: political and religious authority under the Almoravids -- The mahdī Ibn Tūmart and al-Andalus: the formation of Almohad legitimacy -- The Almohads and the Fatmids -- The genealogies of 'Abd al-Mu'min, the first Almohad caliph -- On Almohad coins: I, The dinar of Qādī 'Iyād that never was; II, When the first Almohad coins were minted and the issue of lawfulness of minting coins -- Revolution and tradition: some aspects of the world of knowledge in al-Andalus during the Almoravid and Almohad periods -- Legal doctrine and practice under the Almohads -- The title of the Almohad chronicle by Ibn Sāhib al-Salāt -- Some considerations on Almohad itinerant power -- Christian success and Muslim fear in Andalusī writings during the Almoravid and Almohad periods -- The legal policies of the Almohad caliphs and Ibn Rushd's Bidāyat al-mujtahid -- Conversion, ancestry and universal religion: the case of the Almohads in the Islamic West (sixth/twelfth and seventh/thirteenth centuries) -- Alfonxo X 'the Wise', the last Almohad caliph?
Subject Almohades -- Spain -- Andalucia -- History
Almohades -- Africa, North -- History
Almoravides -- Spain -- Andalucia -- History
Islam and politics -- Spain -- Andalucia -- History
Andalucia (Spain) -- History
Andalucia (Spain) -- Civilization -- Islamic influences
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