Excellence and precedence
Subtitle: medieval Islamic discourse on legitimate leadership
By: by Asma Afsaruddin.
Series: Islamic history and civilization.; v. 36
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Caliphate -- History.; Imamate -- History.; Islam and politics -- Arabian Peninsula -- History.; Legitimacy of governments -- Arabian Peninsula -- History.; Leadership -- Religious aspects -- Islam.; Polity (Religion)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-304) and index.