Sharīʻa and the Islamic state in 19th-century sudan : the Mahdi's legal methodology and doctrine /

The Sudanese Mahdī headed a millenarian, revivalist, reformist movement in Islam, strongly inspired by Salafī and Ṣūfī ideas, in late 19th century in an attempt to restore the Caliphate of the Prophet and "Righteous Caliphs" in Medina. As the "Successor of the Prophet", the Mahdī...

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Main Author: Layish, Aharon, 1933-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.

Series: Islam in Africa 19.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303935.

Subjects:

Mahdī, Muḥammad Aḥmad, > 1848-1885 > Influence.

Law > Sudan > History > 19th century.

Islamic law > Sudan > History > 19th century.

Sudan > History > 1881-1899.