Symbols of authority in medieval Islam : history, religion and Muslim legitimacy in the Delhi Sultanate / Blain H. Auer.

• 1. Delhi at the center of Islamic authority -- 2. Pre-Islamic prophetic paradigms in Delhi Sultanate historiography -- 3. Muḥammad's example as the perfect ruler -- 4. Images of the friends of God in the lives of the sultans -- 5. Caliphal authority and representation in the Delhi Sultanate -- 6. Sharīʻah and justice -- Conclusion.

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Ämnesord

Islamic civilization  -- Historiography. (LCSH)

Islamic leadership  -- History. (LCSH)

Islamisk kultur  (sao)

Civilization, Islamic  (LCSH)

Islam  -- 20th century (LCSH)

Delhi (Sultanate)  -- Historiography. (LCSH)

Delhi (Sultanate)  -- History. (LCSH)

Delhi (sultanat)  -- historia (sao)

Delhi (Sultanate)  -- Kings and rulers. (LCSH)

Personnamn

Minhāj Sirāj Jūzjānī, b. 1193.

Z̤iyāʼ al-Dīn Baranī, fl. 1284-1356.

ʻAfīf, Shams Sirāj, fl. 1351-1388.

Publikations- och innehållstyp

954.56023 (DDC)

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