Political Thought in the Mamluk Period
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Rule of law
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Sufism
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- ISBN 9781474479653
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Nov 2023
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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A new history of medieval Islamic political thought, focusing on the rule of law, limited government and the theory of delegation
Studies Ayyubid and Mamluk political thought beyond the prevalent focus on Ibn Taymiyya
Offers a novel classification of the themes and concerns of medieval Islamic political thought
Studies both Ibn Jama?a's well-known works and previously unstudied treatises
Presents a fresh interpretation of a distinctive Sufi political thought and uncovers its interrelatedness with Ash?ari-Sufism and Shafi?ism
Includes 5 case studies based on treatises authored by legal theorists, jurists, judges and administrators
The legal theorists, jurists, judges and administrators of the late Ayyubid and early Mamluk period tackled a central question in their political thought: how best to govern their communities. This book proposes a taxonomy of the main themes and concerns of this political thought under the three ideals of the rule of law, limited government and legitimate delegation of power. Further, it recommends a contextualist approach for interpreting Islamic political texts based on their narrow social, intellectual and political contexts.
Examining treatises by 5 carefully selected authors who flourished in the Syro-Egyptian lands in the period between c.1250 and c.1350, the book also deals with important questions of authorship, readership and dedicatees, authorial motives and intentions, genres and literary styles, sources and influences, and applicability.
Mohamad El Merheb is Assistant Professor of Medieval History at the University of Groningen. He is a historian of Islamic political thought and studies the ideal of ‘the rule of law’ as expressed in advice literature under the Mamluks, Ayyubids, and Seljuqs. Mohamad’s other research interests include the crusades, the depiction of kings Louis IX and Frederic II in Islamic historiography, and professional mobility in pre-modern Islam. His recent projects include a collected volume entitled Professional Mobility in Islamic Societies (700-1750), New Concepts and Approaches (Brill, 2021).
