Commander of the Faithful - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Commander of the Faithful - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Marsham, Andrew

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061288
Doc. NO	:	ALei1685
Main Entry	:	Marsham, Andrew
Title & Author	:	Commander of the Faithful - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Marsham, Andrew
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(846 words)
Abstract	:	“ Commander of the Faithful ” (amīr al-muʾminīn) was the main title of the caliph in protocol and inscriptions. With the decline of caliphal power after the fourth/tenth century, rulers used it to express rival or independent authority, especially in western Islamic lands. In Sunnī tradition the Prophet is said to have given the title “Commander of the Faithful” to some of his campaign commanders, and it retains that sense in a few accounts of commanders under the early caliphs. The second caliph, ʿUmar I (r. 13–23/634–44),
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1685.pdf