{"product_id":"abd-al-mumin-mahdism-and-caliphate-in-the-islamic-west-9781851684281","title":"'Abd al-Mu'min: Mahdism and Caliphate in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Abd al-Mu’min (c.1094–1163) did not establish the first caliphate in the Islamic West, but his encompassed more territory than any that had preceded it. As leader of the Almohads, a politico-religious movement grounded in an uncompromising belief in the unity of God, he unified for the first time the whole of North Africa west of Egypt, and conquered much of southern Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eStudying every facet of ‘Abd al-Mu’min’s rule, from his violent repression of opposition to the flourishing of scholarship during his reign, Maribel Fierro reveals an intelligent leader and a skilled military commander who sought to build a lasting caliphate across disparate and diverse societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Maribel Fierro, an internationally acclaimed authority on the Almohads, presents an accessible account of the true founder of the Almohad empire, ‘Abd al-Mu’min… Despite their importance, ‘Abd al-Mu’min and the Almohads rarely receive the coverage they deserve in surveys of the Islamic world and Fierro uses her deep erudition to address the balance in a way that will intrigue the novice and encourage the expert to think again.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Amira K. Bennison, Professor in the History and Culture of the Maghrib, University of Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘‘Abd al-Mu’min is a little known but very important figure in the history of the Almohad caliphate and the twelfth-century Maghrib in general. Maribel Fierro has brilliantly brought him to life. Grounded in her in-depth scholarship and with a clear narrative strand, this biography should be the first port of call for anyone interested in this controversial figure.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Hugh Kennedy, Professor of Arabic, SOAS, University of London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eForeword \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1  ‘Abd al-Mu’min, the Zanata Berber Who Built an Empire and Became Prince of the Believers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2  Looking for Knowledge: The Encounter with Ibn Tumart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTravelling East in Hammadid territory: Mallala and Ibn Tumart\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTravelling West Through Almoravid territory to Igiliz: Mahdism\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTravelling North: Tinmal and the Purges\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIbn Tumart’s Death and ‘Abd al-Mu’min’s Succession\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHistory, Legend and Anthropology\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3  From the Mountains to Empire: Submission to the Almohad Cause (\u003cem\u003eal-tawhid\u003c\/em\u003e) Through Jihad\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDiscrediting and Fighting the Almoravids\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Long Road to Marrakesh, the Rebellion of al-Massi and the Great Purge\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Expansion Eastwards, the Rebellion of Ibn Tumart’s Brothers and the Fight Against Arabs and Normans\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Conquest of al-Andalus and ‘Abd al-Mu’min’s Death\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eJihad, the Army and the Collection of Taxes\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4  Balancing Power to Achieve Dynastic Rule: The Almohad Hierarchies \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIbn Tumart’s Family and Inner Circle: The \u003cem\u003eAhl al-Dar \u003c\/em\u003eand the Council of Ten\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Almohad Tribes, the Council of Fifty and the Shaykhs\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePurging the Almohads (\u003cem\u003eTamyiz\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eI‘tiraf\u003c\/em\u003e) and Facing Rebellion\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e‘Abd al-Mu’min’s Family and Genealogies\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Sayyids, the \u003cem\u003eTalaba\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eHuffaz \u003c\/em\u003eand the\u003cem\u003e Husaba’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5  Establishing God’s order\u003cem\u003e (al-Amr al-‘Aziz\u003c\/em\u003e): How to be a Maghribi caliph\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMahdism, Caliphate and \u003cem\u003eal-Amr al-‘Aziz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Writings of Ibn Tumart and ‘Abd al-Mu’min\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBerber and Arabic, Igiliz\/Tinmal and Mecca\/Medina\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Square: Coins, Drums, Books\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Caliph, Provider of Happiness and \u003cem\u003eBaraka\u003c\/em\u003e: Banquets and Itinerancy\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6  Giving Shape to the Caliphate: Buildings, Religious Practices, Law and Philosophy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBuilding the Caliphate: Mosques, High Minarets, Towns and Gardens\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePurity, Islamic Rituals and the ‘Uthmanic \u003cem\u003eMushaf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eForced Conversion: The Abolition of the \u003cem\u003eDhimma\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMalikism, Law and the Judges\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eRe-imagining Ibn Tumart and ‘Abd al-Mu’min: Ibn Tufayl and Ibn Tahir\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7  The Caliph’s Men and the Rest: Administration and Knowledge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSecretaries, Viziers nd Preachers\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePoets, Historians and Grammarians\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDoctors, Philosophers and Astronomers\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eGhuraba’\u003c\/em\u003e, the Mystics and the Saints\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eShifting Trajectories and the Non-Almohads\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8  ‘Abd al-Mu’min’s Significance and Legacy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSources and Select Bibliography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  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