The Restoration of Sunnism: The Early History of Islamic Law Schools and the Professoriate in Egypt, 495-647/1101-1249

by Gary and Leiser

The Restoration of Sunnism is a study of the early history of Islamic law schools (s. madrasa, pl. madāris) and their professors in late Fāṭimid and Aiyūbid Egypt (495-647/1101-1249). It describes the origin and spread of these institutions, their teachers, and their role in the religious life of Egypt. This work is a lightly revised version of the author's 1976 University of Pennsylvania doctoral dissertation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1948488892
• ISBN13: 9781948488891
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Lockwood Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 10.1"