Bibliography: #BIB30015

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB30015
reference type	Book
title	The Caliph and the Imam : The Making of Sunnism and Shiism
author	Matthiesen, Toby
year	2023
publisher	Oxford University Press
place published	New York
issue	10.
ISBN	9780190689469 0190689463
abstract	"The authoritative account of Islam's schism that for centuries has shaped events in the Middle East and the Islamic world. In 632, soon after the Prophet Muhammad died, a struggle broke out among his followers as to who would succeed him. Most Muslims argued that the leader of Islam should be elected by the community's elite and rule as Caliph. They would later become the Sunnis. Others--who would become known as the Shia--believed that Muhammad had designated his cousin and son-in-law Ali as his successor, and that henceforth Ali's offspring should lead as Imams. This dispute over who should guide Muslims, the Caliph or the Imam, marks the origin of the Sunni-Shii split in Islam. Toby Matthiesen explores this hugely significant division from its origins to the present day."--Dust jacket flap.
notes	Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths: pp. 292. 350, 427 n15, 555 n90, 631 n43, 636-637 n83, 652 n218, 737, 754, 844, 896. LCCN 2023930549. illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 731-900) and index. Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE FORMATION OF SUNNISM AND SHIISM, 632 -- 1500 -- 1. After the Prophet -- 2. Sunni Reassertion and the Crusades -- 3. Polemics and Confessional Ambiguity -- pt. II THE SHAPING OF MUSLIM EMPIRES, 1500 -- 1800 -- 4. The Age of Confessionalisation -- 5. Muslim Dynasties on the Indian Subcontinent -- 6. Reform and Reinvention in the Eighteenth Century -- pt. III EMPIRE AND THE STATE, 1800 -- 1979 -- 7. British India and Orientalism -- 8. Ottoman Reorganisation and European Intervention -- 9. The Mandates -- 10. The Muslim Response -- pt. IV REVOLUTION AND RIVALRY, 1970 -- -- 11. The Religion of Martyrdom -- 12. Export and Containment of Revolution -- 13. Regime Change -- 14. The Arab Uprisings.
language	English
keywords	ISLAM; SUNNI; SHIAH; MUHAMMAD; AISHA; ALI (1ST IMAM); HISTORY
number of pages	xii, 926, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
call number	BP52 .M38 2023 (LC)

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