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Caliphs and their Non-Muslim Subjects
A Critical Study of the Covenant of 'Umar
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About this book
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.
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ORIGINAL AUTHORITIES
| A.M. | History, Abu 1 Mahasin Taghriberdi. |
| A.S. | Churches and Monasteries of Egypt, Abu Salih. |
| Abu Daud | Sunan, Delhi, A.H. 1318. |
| Abu 1 Fida | History. (References are given to the year only.) |
| Agh. | Kitab ul Aghani. |
| Amali | Airmail, Kali, 1926. |
| ‘Arib. | Continuation of Tabari. |
| Ath. | History, Ibn ul Athir. (References to the year only.) |
| Azdi | Futuh ush Sham, Al Azdi, 1854. |
| B. | Futuh ul Buldan, Baladhuri. |
| B.H. | Chronicle, Bar Hebraeus, Paris. |
| B.H. Eccl. | Ecclesiastical Chronicle. Bar Hebraeus. |
| B.H. Mu. | Mukhtasar ud Duwal. Bar Hebraeus, 1890. |
| B.M. | Greek Papyri in the British Museum, Vol. 4 |
| Benj. | Benjamin of Tudela, ed. Gruenhut and Adler. 1903-. |
| Br. Ch. | Chronology of Ancient Nations, al Biruni. |
| Bukhari | Sahih. |
| Bundari | History of the Seljuk Turks, Bundari. |
| C.M. | Chronica Minora, C.S.C.O., Ser. III, Vol. 4. |
| Ch.M. | Chahar Makala, Nizami, 1909. |
| Dawlatshah | Memoirs of the Poets. |
| Eel. | Eclipse of the Abbasid Caliphate. |
| Elias | Elias of Nisibis, 1884. |
| Eut. | History, Eutychius. |
| Fath | Fath ul ‘Ali ul Malik, A.H. 1319. |
| Fih. | Fihrist, Abu n Nadim. |
| Ghazi | An Answer to the Dhimmis, Ghazi b. ul Wasiti, J.A.O.S., 1921. |
| Hakam | Futuh Misr, Ibn ‘Abd ul Hakam. |
| Hamdani | Geography of Arabia, Hamdani. |
| Husn | Husn ul Muhadara, Suyuti, A.H. 1321. |
| I.A. | History, Ibn ‘Asakir. |
| I.H. | Kitab ul masalik walmamalik, Ibn Hawkal. |
| I.R. | Kitab u... |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Preface
- Contents
- Introduction
- I. The Covenant of ‘Umar
- II. Government Service
- III. Churches and Monasteries
- IV. A Riot in Cairo
- V. Church and State
- VI. Christian Arabs, Jews, and Magians
- VII. Religious Practices
- VIII. Dress
- IX. Persecution, Mostly Financial
- X. Social Conditions
- XI. Medicine and Literature
- XII. Holy Ground
- XIII. Taxation
- Conclusion
- Original Authorities
- Index