The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought

Alphabetical List of Entries

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‘Abbas I (1571–1629)

Abbasids (750–1258)

‘Abd al-Hamid al-Katib b. Yahya al-‘Amiri (d. 750)

‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza’iri (1808–83)

‘Abd al-Rahman, ‘Umar (b. 1938)

‘Abd al-Raziq, ‘Ali (1887–1966)

‘Abduh, Muhammad (1849–1905)

Abdülhamid II (1842–1918)

abodes of Islam, war, and truce

Abu Bakr (ca. 573–634)

Abu Hanifa (699–767)

Abu Yusuf (ca. 731–98)

al-Afghani, Jamal al-Din (1838–97)

‘Aflaq, Michel (1910–89)

Ahmad, Israr (1932–2010)

Ahmad b. Hanbal (780–855)

Ahmad Sirhindi (1564–1624)

‘A’isha (ca. 614–78)

Akbar the Great (1542–1605)

‘Ali b. Abi Talib (ca. 599–661)

Almohads (1130–1269)

Almoravids (1056–1147)

Arab nationalism

Arafat, Yasir (1929–2004)

Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal (1881–1938)

Aurangzeb (1618–1707)

Ayyubids (1169–1250)

Azhar University

Babur, Zahir al-Din (1483–1530)

al-Banna, Hasan (1906–49)

Bin Laden, Osama (1957–2011)

Brethren of Purity

Buyids (945–1062)

caliph, caliphate

Christian-Muslim relations

city (philosophical)

collective obligations

commanding right and forbidding wrong

Companions of the Prophet

constitutionalism

Constitution of Medina

Dan Fodio, Usman (1754–1817)

Dawani, Jalal al-Din (1427–1502)

Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)

difference of opinion

dissent, opposition, resistance

division of labor

economic theory

Ethiopia and Eritrea

excommunication

Fadlallah, Muhammad Husayn (1935–2010)

al-Farabi, Abu Nasr (ca. 878–950)

Faraj, Muhammad ‘Abd al-Salam (1954–82)

Fatimids (909–1171)

al-Gama‘a al-Islamiyya

Ghazali (ca. 1058–1111)

Ghaznavids (977–1086)

Ghurids (1009–1215)

guardianship of the jurist

Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985–1021)

Hasan b. ‘Ali (ca. 624–70)

heresy and innovation

Husayn b. ‘Ali (626–80)

Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad (1703–92)

Ibn al-Muqaffa‘ (ca. 720–56)

Ibn Bajja (d. 1139)

Ibn Hazm (994–1064)

Ibn Jama‘a (1241–1333)

Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406)

Ibn Rushd (1126–98)

Ibn Sina, Abu ‘Ali (980–1037)

Ibn Taymiyya (1263–1328)

Ibn Tufayl (ca. 1105–85)

Ibn Tumart (ca. 1080–1130)

ijtihād and taqlīd

Ilkhanids (1256–1336)

international Islamic organizations

international relations

Iqbal, Muhammad (1877–1938)

Isma‘il I (1487–1524)

Ja‘far al-Sadiq (702–65)

Jalal Al-i Ahmad (1923–69)

Jama‘at-i Islami

Jinnah, Mohammad ‘Ali (1876–1948)

judicial courts

Khilafat movement (1919–24)

Khomeini, Ayatollah (1902–89)

Khunji, Fazl Allah b. Ruzbihan (1455–1521)

liberation theology

Mahdi of the Sudan (1844–85)

Malcolm X (1925–65)

Malik b. Anas (712–95)

Mamluks (1250–1517)

Ma’mun (786–833)

Mawardi (974–1058)

Mawdudi, Abul al-A‘la (1903–79)

Mecca and Medina

minorities, jurisprudence of

Mir Damad (1561–1631)

Mirrors for Princes

Mohammed, W. D. (1933–2008)

Mu‘awiya (602–80)

mufti/grand mufti

Mughals (1526–1857)

Muhammad (570–632)

Muhammad, Elijah (1897–1975)

Muhammad ‘Ali (1769–1849)

Mulla Sadra (ca. 1572–1640)

Mulla ‘Umar (b. 1959)

Muslim Brotherhood

Nasser, Gamal Abdel (1918–70)

Nation of Islam

Nazim Hikmet (1902–63)

Nizam al-Mulk (1018–92)

oath of allegiance

Ottomans (1299–1924)

Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)

patrimonial state

People of the Book

philosopher-king

piety and asceticism

Pillars of Islam

pluralism and tolerance

political ritual

public interest

Qaddafi, Mu‘ammar (1942–2011)

Qajars (1789–1925)

al-Qaradawi, Yusuf (b. 1926)

al-Qarafi, Shihab al-Din (1228–85)

quietism and activism

Rahman, Fazlur (1919–88)

al-Razi, Fakhr al-Din (1149–1209)

revival and reform

Rida, Muhammad Rashid (1865–1935)

Rightly Guided Caliphate (632–61)

al-Sadr, Muhammad Baqir (1935–80)

Safavids (1501–1722)

Sa‘id Nursi (1877–1960)

Saladin (1138–93)

Samanids (819–1005)

Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817–98)

Sayyid Qutb (1906–66)

Seljuqs (1055–1194)

al-Shafi‘i, Muhammad b. Idris (767–820)

shāhānshāh

Shah Waliullah (1703–62)

Shamil (1797–1871)

Shari‘ati, ‘Ali (1933–77)

al-Shawkani, Muhammad b. ‘Ali (1760–1834)

al-Shaybani, Muhammad b. al-Hasan (749–805)

shaykh al-Islam

al-siyāsa al-shar‘iyya

source of emulation

Spain and Portugal (Andalus)

al-Suhrawardi, Abu Hafs ‘Umar (ca. 1145–1234)

Süleiman the Magnificent (1494–1566)

Tablighi Jama‘at

Taha, Mahmoud Mohamed (1909–85)

Tamerlane (1336–1405)

al-Tawhidi, Abu Hayyan (ca. 950–1023)

Thousand and One Nights

Timurids (1370–1506)

trade and commerce

traditional political thought

Treaty of ‘Umar

al-Turabi, Hasan (b. 1932)

al-Tusi, Nasir al-Din (1201–74)

‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (ca. 680–720)

‘Umar b. al-Khattab (ca. 580–644)

Umayyads (661–750)

‘Uthman b. ‘Affan (ca. 579–656)

al-Zawahiri, Ayman (b. 1951)

Zia-ul-Haq (1924–88)