The article describes some of the functions and characteristics of the shurṭa in the Umayyad era, through an analysis of the men who served as shurṭa chiefs in Basra during this period. The shurṭa, as is shown in the article, was an important body which helped the Umayyad regime and its regional governors in Iraq and Basra to consolidate the Umayyad governmental system. The shurṭa offered the governor of Baṣra personal protection and was at the same time a symbol of his authority and power. It was responsible for the maintenance of public order and security in Basra and dealt with individuals who transgressed common religious norms. Another important duty performed by the shurta in Basra and nearby areas was to fight against different group...
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International audienceThis article presents six cases of conciliation (ṣulḥ) that took place in Bagh...
This article focuses on the confrontation that broke out sometime in 709 or 710 CE between a hundred...
The Jarājima (Mαρδαϊται in Greek), were a native group of the Amanus mts. in western Thughūr, the bo...
Sur la base d’exemples tirés des chroniques et des dictionnaires biographiques, cet article tente de...
This article analyses Caliph Abdurrahman Al-Nashir's leadership (929-961 AD) in advancing Islamic ci...
This article seeks to address the problem of historiography and perspective in Middle East studies c...
Until the fifth/eleventh century, the Muslim West constituted a periphery under the influence of the...
The Umayyah dynasty was a classical Islamic era government which was often seen as weak when compare...
Résumé : Cet article vise à montrer comment les pouvoirs musulmans omeyyade et abbasside s’appropriè...
The Islamic State’s actions in northern Iraq represented an existential threat to the different soci...
This thesis is a political study of the Umayyad Caliphate during the reign of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marw...
Este artículo tiene como doble objetivo: a) Destacar la importancia de la política religiosa de al-M...
This article addresses the rebellion of al-Ḥārith b. Surayj, which occurred between 116 and 128 AH (...
This article reconstructs the history of a Zaydi sayyid clan, the Āl Shams al-Dīn, their rise to pro...
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