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Caliphs and their Non-Muslim Subjects: A Critical Study of the Covenant of 'Umar (Routledge Library Editions. Islam) - Softcover

Tritton, A S

 
9780415611817: Caliphs and their Non-Muslim Subjects: A Critical Study of the Covenant of 'Umar (Routledge Library Editions. Islam)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415611814 ISBN 13: 9780415611817
Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Originally published in 1939.

After the death of Muhammad his community was ruled by three caliphs who kept their capital as Medina, the City of the Prophet. Under the rule of the caliphs those who did not confess the Muslim faith were under certain restrictions both in public and private life. This volume examines the social, cultural, religious and economic aspects of this period and includes chapters on:

Government Service; Churches and Monasteries; Christian Arabs, Jews and Magians; Dress; Financial Persecution, Medicine and Literature and Taxation.

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A S Tritton

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415611814
ISBN 13 
9780415611817
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
250