An edition of Violent order
(2007)
Violent order
religious warfare, chivalry, and the ʻayyār phenomenon in the medieval Islamic world
by D. G. Tor
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Violent order: religious warfare, chivalry, and the ʻayyār phenomenon in the medieval Islamic world
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Violent Order: Religious Warfare, Chivalry, and the 'Ayyar Phenomenon in the Medieval Islamic World
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Table of Contents
Defining the ʻayyārs
The volunteer warriors for the faith (mutaṭawwiʻa)
ʻAyyār activity in Sīstān and the rise of the Ṣaffārids
The ʻayyār versus the government : the Ṣaffārids and the Ṭāhirids
The ʻayyār and the Caliph
The beginning of the ʻayyār-Sufi connection, and the decline and fall of the ʻayyār realm
The ʻayyārs, Sufism, and chivalry
The ʻayyārs in the tenth and eleventh centuries : chivalry (futuwwa) and violence.
Edition Notes
Originally presented as a Ph. D. thesis, Harvard University, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-318).
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