Caliphs and their Non-Muslim Subjects: A Critical Study of the Covenant of 'UmarRoutledge, 18 oct. 2013 - 256 pages Originally published in 1939. After the death of Muhammad his community was ruled by three caliphs who kept their capital as Medina, the City of the Prophet. Under the rule of the caliphs those who did not confess the Muslim faith were under certain restrictions both in public and private life. This volume examines the social, cultural, religious and economic aspects of this period and includes chapters on: Government Service; Churches and Monasteries; Christian Arabs, Jews and Magians; Dress; Financial Persecution, Medicine and Literature and Taxation. |
Table des matières
| 1 | |
| 5 | |
II Government Service | 18 |
III Churches and Monasteries
| 37 |
IV A Riot in Cairo | 61 |
V Church and State | 78 |
VI Christian Arabs Jews and Magians
| 89 |
VII Religious Practices
| 100 |
IX Persecution
Mostly Financial | 127 |
X Social Conditions
| 137 |
XI Medicine and Literature | 155 |
XII Holy Ground | 175 |
XIII
Taxation | 197 |
Conclusion
| 229 |
Original Authorities
| 235 |
| 239 | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Caliphs and Their Non-Muslim Subjects: A Critical Study of the Covenant ... Arthur Stanley Tritton Affichage d'extraits - 1930 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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