The Almoravids and the Meanings of Jihad

by Ronald A. Messier

This book offers a scholarly, highly readable account of the 11th-12th century rulers of Morocco and Muslim Spain who offered a full range of meanings of jihad and challenged Ibn Khaldun's paradigm for the rise and fall of regimes.

Originally West African, Berber nomads, the Almoravids emerged from what is today Mauritania to rule Morocco, western Algeria, and Muslim Spain. Over the course of the century-long lifespan of the Almoravid...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313385890
• ISBN13: 9780313385896
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"