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Author Levy-Rubin, Milka, 1955-

Title Non-Muslims in the early Islamic Empire : from surrender to coexistence / Milka Levy-Rubin
Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 267 pages) : illustrations
Series Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
Summary "The Muslim conquest of the East in the seventh century entailed the subjugation of Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, and others. Although much has been written about the status of non-Muslims in the Islamic empire, no previous works have examined how the rules applying to minorities were formulated. Milka Levy-Rubin's remarkable book traces the emergence of these regulations from the first surrender agreements in the immediate aftermath of conquest to the formation of the canonic document called the Pact of Ụmar, which was formalized under the early Ạbbasids, in the first half of the ninth century. What the study reveals is that the conquered peoples themselves played a major role in the creation of these policies, and that these were based on long-standing traditions, customs, and institutions from earlier pre-Islamic cultures that originated in the worlds of both the conquerors and the conquered. In its connections to Roman, Byzantine, and Sasanian traditions, the book will appeal to historians of Europe as well as Arabia and Persia"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Abbasiden. idszbz
Subject Dhimmis (Islamic law) -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Islamic Empire -- History
Religious minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Islamic Empire -- History
Minorities (Islamic law)
Islam and state -- Islamic Empire -- History
Islam and politics -- Islamic Empire -- History
Religious tolerance -- Islamic Empire -- History
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Dhimmis (Islamic law) -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Ethnic relations
Islam and politics
Islam and state
Minorities (Islamic law)
Politics and government
Religious minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Religious tolerance
Religiöse Minderheit
Nichtmuslim.
Rechtsstellung.
SUBJECT Islamic Empire -- Ethnic relations
Islamic Empire -- Politics and government
Subject Islamic Empire
Kalifenreich
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781139224192
1139224190
9780511977435
0511977433
1139217674
9781139217675