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Abd Al Rahman III
Abd Rabbihi
Ahl Al Bayt
Al Ar
Al Nafs Al Zakiyya
Almohad Caliph
Almohad Coins
Almohad Doctrine
Almohad Movement
Almohad Period
Almohad religious reforms in North Africa
Almohad Revolution
Almoravid Emir
Almoravid Period
Andalusi scholarship
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Contemporary Society
Ed Mcallister
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Fernando III
forced religious conversion
Holy Man
Ibn Al Muqaffa
Ibn Rushd
Ibn Rushd Al Jadd
Ibn Rushd philosophy
Islamic jurisprudence
Islamic West
Jeremy Rogers
Maghreb history
medieval coinage studies
Mint Coins
Simulated Breast Feeding
Taifa Kings
Triple Repudiation
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781138116931
- Weight: 670g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 22 May 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The studies in this collection comprise a series of explorations into the revolutionary character of the Almohad movement in medieval North Africa and Spain and how it was expressed, including through compelling visual and auditory means. Almohad silver coins were minted square instead of round, and they carried no date, as if to indicate that a new era had begun. The new age was symbolized in the texts appearing on the coins, reminding Muslims that 'God is our Lord, Muhammad is our Prophet, the Mahdi is our imam', and that a new caliphate had begun. Almoravid mosques were purified and attempts were made to correct their orientation (qibla). Also, both non-Almohad Muslims and non-Muslims were obliged to learn the Almohad profession of faith, in what was in fact a forced conversion to the Almohad understanding of true religion. New scholarly elites - entrusted with the propagation and maintenance of Almohad beliefs and practices - were created by the Almohad caliphs. Philosophy flourished with Ibn Tufayl and Ibn Rushd (Averroes) serving the new rulers. These articles by Professor Fierro are an attempt at explaining what put in motion such a revolution, how it developed and changed, and the influences it had both in the Islamic and non Islamic worlds. Eight of the studies have been translated into English, from Spanish and French, specially for publication here.
Maribel Fierro is Professor at the Centre of Human and Social Sciences at the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) - Spain
