Table of Contents

Series Editors' Preface
Foreword
Author's Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: 'Abdallah al-Aa'mun: His Life and Reign
Chapter 3: The Mu'tazilism, the Shi'ism, and the 'Alid Hypotheses
Chapter 4: The Caliphal Authority Hypothesis
Chapter 5: Conclusion
Appendix 1: Chronological Information, by Genre, on the Compilers of the Sources Used
Appendix 2: Information on Those Interrogated
Appendix 3: Timetable of Key Events during al-Ma'mun's Reign
Bibliography
Index
William Patton, Ahmed ibn Hanbal and the Mihna (1897)

About the Author

John Nawas is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Leuven, Belgium. His research centres on the religio-political and social history    

Reviews

Nawas makes a compelling and eloquent argument that requires our attention. To begin understanding the minha, one must start here. The editors of the series are to be commended for their efforts to gain the larger audience that is its due.
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