Maribel FIERRO
‘Abd Al-Mu’min
Mahdism And Caliphate In The Islamic West
Oneworld Academic, 192 págs.
ISBN: 9781851684281
‘Abd al-Mu’min (c. 1094-1163) no estableció el primer califato del Occidente islámico, pero abarcó más territorio que ninguno de los que le precedieron. Como líder de los almohades, un movimiento político-religioso basado en una creencia intransigente en la unidad de Dios, unificó por primera vez todo el norte de África al oeste de Egipto y conquistó gran parte del sur de España.
Estudiando todas las facetas del gobierno de ‘Abd al-Mu’min, desde su violenta represión de la oposición hasta el florecimiento de la erudición durante su reinado, el estudio revela a un líder inteligente y a un hábil comandante militar que trató de construir un califato duradero entre sociedades dispares y diversas.
ÍNDICE
1 ‘Abd al-Mu’min, the Zanata Berber Who Built an Empire and Became Prince of the Believers
2 Looking for Knowledge: The Encounter with Ibn Tumart
Travelling East in Hammadid territory: Mallala and Ibn Tumart
Travelling West Through Almoravid territory to Igiliz: Mahdism
Travelling North: Tinmal and the Purges
Ibn Tumart’s Death and ‘Abd al-Mu’min’s Succession
History, Legend and Anthropology
3 From the Mountains to Empire: Submission to the Almohad Cause (al-tawhid) Through Jihad
Discrediting and Fighting the Almoravids
The Long Road to Marrakesh, the Rebellion of al-Massi and the Great Purge
The Expansion Eastwards, the Rebellion of Ibn Tumart’s Brothers and the Fight Against Arabs and Normans
The Conquest of al-Andalus and ‘Abd al-Mu’min’s Death
Jihad, the Army and the Collection of Taxes
4 Balancing Power to Achieve Dynastic Rule: The Almohad Hierarchies
Ibn Tumart’s Family and Inner Circle: The Ahl al-Dar and the Council of Ten
The Almohad Tribes, the Council of Fifty and the Shaykhs
Purging the Almohads (Tamyiz and I‘tiraf) and Facing Rebellion
‘Abd al-Mu’min’s Family and Genealogies
The Sayyids, the Talaba, the Huffaz and the Husaba’
5 Establishing God’s order (al-Amr al-‘Aziz): How to be a Maghribi caliph
Mahdism, Caliphate and al-Amr al-‘Aziz
The Writings of Ibn Tumart and ‘Abd al-Mu’min
Berber and Arabic, Igiliz/Tinmal and Mecca/Medina
The Square: Coins, Drums, Books
The Caliph, Provider of Happiness and Baraka: Banquets and Itinerancy
6 Giving Shape to the Caliphate: Buildings, Religious Practices, Law and Philosophy
Building the Caliphate: Mosques, High Minarets, Towns and Gardens
Purity, Islamic Rituals and the ‘Uthmanic Mushaf
Forced Conversion: The Abolition of the Dhimma
Malikism, Law and the Judges
Re-imagining Ibn Tumart and ‘Abd al-Mu’min: Ibn Tufayl and Ibn Tahir
7 The Caliph’s Men and the Rest: Administration and Knowledge
Secretaries, Viziers nd Preachers
Poets, Historians and Grammarians
Doctors, Philosophers and Astronomers
The Ghuraba’, the Mystics and the Saints
Shifting Trajectories and the Non-Almohads
8 ‘Abd al-Mu’min’s Significance and Legacy
Sources and Select Bibliography
Index