Religious Scholars and the Umayyads: Piety-Minded Supporters of the Marwanid Caliphate

by Steven C. Judd

Book Overview

Religious Scholars and the Umayyads analyzes legal and theological developments during the Marwānid period (64/684--132/750), focusing on religious scholars who supported the Umayyad caliphate. It includes a prosopographical study of Umayyad-era scholars and offers a new approach to using later Arabic historical sources to study

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367868318
• ISBN13: 9780367868314
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"