Caliphate: The History of an Idea by Hugh Kennedy

Caliphate: The History of an Idea by Hugh Kennedy

Historian Kennedy traces the caliphate's evolution as a political institution from the death of Muhammad through the Umayyad and Abbasid empires and into the modern era, examining how the concept has been interpreted, contested and invoked across radically different historical contexts.

The book provides essential historical context for understanding modern political movements that invoke the caliphate, distinguishing the institution's actual, complicated history from both romanticised and demonised contemporary framings of it.

A rigorous historical account of the caliphate's evolution, essential context for contemporary debates.

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