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Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies : the Living Links to the Prophet.
The global Muslim population includes a large number of lineal descendants and relatives of the Prophet Muhammad. These kinsfolk, most often known as ""sayyid"" or ""sharif, "" form a distinct social category in many Muslim societies, and their status can affo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Colección: | New horizons in Islamic studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Sayyids and Shrifs in Muslim Societies; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements and Notes; Introduction; Part I: Arguing sayyids and sharīfs; 1. How to behave toward sayyids and sharīfs: A trans-sectarian tradition of dream accounts; 2. Qur'ānic commentary on the verse of khums (al-Anfāl VIII:41); 3. Debate on the status of sayyid/sharīfs in the modern era: The 'Alawī-Irshādī dispute and Islamic reformists in the Middle East; Part II: Sayyids and sharīfs in the Middle East.
- 4. Genealogy, marriage, and the drawing of boundaries among the 'Alids (eighth-twelfth centuries)5. A historical atlas on the 'Alids: A proposal and a few samples; 6. The reflection of Islamic tradition on Ottoman social structure: The sayyids and sharīfs; 7. The ashrāf and the naqīb al-ashrāf in Ottoman Egypt and Syria: A comparative analysis; Part III: Sayyids and sharīfs beyond the Middle East; 8. Shurafā in the last years of al-Andalus and in the Morisco period: Laylat al-mawlid and genealogies of the Prophet Muḥammad.
- 9. The role of the masharifu on the Swahili coast in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries10. Dihqāns and sacred families in Central Asia; 11. Sacred descent and Sufi legitimation in a genealogical text from eighteenth-century Central Asia: The Sharaf Atāī tradition in Khwārazm; 12. Trends of ashrāfization in India; 13. The sayyids as commodities: The Islamic periodical alKisah and the sayyid community in Indonesia; Index.