Ibn Taymiyyah : the struggles of a mujtahid under the Bahri Mamluk sultans

dc.contributor.advisorArgo, Charles H.
dc.contributor.authorDraper, Thomas J.
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-10T12:22:57Z
dc.date.available2013-05-10T12:22:57Z
dc.date.created2013-05-04
dc.date.issued2013-05-04
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the context of the Medieval Islamic qadi Ibn Taymiyyah in 14th century Bahri Mamluk Syria and Egypt and his incarcerations and death in prison by order of Sultan Nasser al-Muhammad Qalawun for ijtihad. This study demonstrated Ibn Taymiyyah practiced ijtihad, held the rank of mujtahid, and incurred the wrath of the Sultan. The evidence indicates that Taymiyyah’s independent reasoning held specific social, legal, and political threats to Qalawun, the Bahri Mamluk Sultan, during his third reign. The significant role Taymiyyah’s ijtihad played in the Sultan’s imprisonment calls for a review of previous scholarship emphasizing the role of jealousy by the religious elite and affection for Taymiyyah by the Sultan as significant factors in his conflicts.
dc.description.degreeThesis (M.A.)
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of History
dc.identifier.cardcat-urlhttp://liblink.bsu.edu/catkey/1709519
dc.identifier.urihttp://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/20.500.14291/197152
dc.subject.lcshMuslim scholars -- Syria -- Damascus -- Biography.
dc.subject.lcshIjtihād (Islamic law)
dc.subject.lcshMamelukes -- History.
dc.subject.otherIbn Taymīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm, 1263-1328.
dc.subject.otherNāṣir Muḥammad ibn Qalāwūn, Sulṭān of Egypt and Syria, 1285-1341.
dc.titleIbn Taymiyyah : the struggles of a mujtahid under the Bahri Mamluk sultansen_US
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