The Jihād of the Caliphs and the First Battles of Islam: Memory, Legitimization and Holy War, from Cordoba to Tinmal

This paper analyzes how the memorialization and commemoration of early conflicts in Islamic history influenced the performance and legitimization of jihād, especially on the part of caliphs who ruled in the Islamic West. Jihād is defined here as an ideology, a discursive tool that appealed to accept...

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Autor Principal: Javier Albarrán
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado: Columbia University Libraries 2018-11-01
Series:Al-'Usur al-Wusta
Acceso en liña:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/alusur/article/view/6856