A Client’s Client: The Process of Islamization in Early and Classical Islam

At some moment in time, the patronate system that had been introduced as a way to incorporate non-Arab Muslims into Arab society, allowed the client of a patron to have clients of his own. Using this phenomenon of mawālī of mawālī as focal point, this article pinpoints when changes in the patronate...

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Published in:Journal of Abbasid Studies
Main Author: Nawas, John 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Journal of Abbasid Studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 143-158
Further subjects:B Ethnicity islamization patronage patronate
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:At some moment in time, the patronate system that had been introduced as a way to incorporate non-Arab Muslims into Arab society, allowed the client of a patron to have clients of his own. Using this phenomenon of mawālī of mawālī as focal point, this article pinpoints when changes in the patronate system occurred and sketches the process of islamization of society during the first four centuries of Islam.
ISSN:2214-2371
Contains:In: Journal of Abbasid Studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22142371-12340009