Der Islam: Injustice, Corruption, and Partisanship in the Eastern Seljuq Lands of the Early Twelfth Century: al-Ghazālī’s Persian Letters to Viziers as a Historical Source

Tor, D. G.

Creator: Tor, D. G. Publication: Berlin: de Gruyter, 2024
URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024040615360264655138

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Title:: Der Islam

Publication:: Berlin: de Gruyter

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Collection:: Geschichte

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Title:: Der Islam

Publication:: Berlin: de Gruyter

Note:: Gesehen am 30.01.12; Gesehen am 19.09.07; 355!URL-Ä(30-01-12)

Scope:: Online-Ressource

ISSN:: 1613-0928

ZDB-ID:: 2142992-3

VÖBB-Katalog:: 15137625

Keywords:: Islam ; Zeitschrift ; Zeitschrift ; Online-Publikation

Classification:: Geschichte

Collection:: Geschichte

Copyright:: Rights reserved

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Injustice, Corruption, and Partisanship in the Eastern Seljuq Lands of the Early Twelfth Century: al-Ghazālī’s Persian Letters to Viziers as a Historical Source

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Author:: Tor, D. G.

Title:: Injustice, Corruption, and Partisanship in the Eastern Seljuq Lands of the Early Twelfth Century: al-Ghazālī’s Persian Letters to Viziers as a Historical Source

Publication:: Berlin: de Gruyter, 2024

Language:: English

Information:: Abstract: This article analyses five historical missives written by the great theologian Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī to three Seljuq viziers, and datable to the years 490/1097 to 504/1110 f. The first four of these letters form a progressive series complaining of governmental corruption in Ṭūs during the Seljuq civil war around the turn of the sixth/twelfth century, and thus provide the sole extant eyewitness testimony from Khurāsān during the last five years of the Seljuq civil war period. They also reveal al-Ghazālī’s vision of just rule far more concretely than do al-Ghazālī’s numerous theoretical writings on the subject. The fifth letter, written after the civil war had ended, explores the problem of intra-Sunni madhhab-based religious partisanship (taʿaṣṣub), and also incidentally reveals important biographical information about al-Ghazālī. All five of these letters constitute unique eyewitness testimony to some of the major political and social problems of the Seljuq period.

Scope:: Online-Ressource

Note:: Kein Open Access; Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gewährleistet

Keywords:: al-Ghazālī ; Seljuqs ; viziers ; Ṭūs ; Sultan Sanjar ; justice (ʿadl) ; governmental corruption (ẓulm)

Classification:: Geschichte; Sonstiges

URN:: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024040615360264655138

Collection:: Geschichte; Sonstiges

Copyright:: Rights reserved

Accessibility:: Eingeschränkter Zugang mit Nutzungsbeschränkungen

Author:: Tor, D. G.

Title:: Injustice, Corruption, and Partisanship in the Eastern Seljuq Lands of the Early Twelfth Century: al-Ghazālī’s Persian Letters to Viziers as a Historical Source

Publication:: Berlin: de Gruyter, 2024

Language:: English

Information:: Abstract: This article analyses five historical missives written by the great theologian Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī to three Seljuq viziers, and datable to the years 490/1097 to 504/1110 f. The first four of these letters form a progressive series complaining of governmental corruption in Ṭūs during the Seljuq civil war around the turn of the sixth/twelfth century, and thus provide the sole extant eyewitness testimony from Khurāsān during the last five years of the Seljuq civil war period. They also reveal al-Ghazālī’s vision of just rule far more concretely than do al-Ghazālī’s numerous theoretical writings on the subject. The fifth letter, written after the civil war had ended, explores the problem of intra-Sunni madhhab-based religious partisanship (taʿaṣṣub), and also incidentally reveals important biographical information about al-Ghazālī. All five of these letters constitute unique eyewitness testimony to some of the major political and social problems of the Seljuq period.

Scope:: Online-Ressource

Note:: Kein Open Access; Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gewährleistet

Keywords:: al-Ghazālī ; Seljuqs ; viziers ; Ṭūs ; Sultan Sanjar ; justice (ʿadl) ; governmental corruption (ẓulm)

Classification:: Geschichte; Sonstiges

URN:: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024040615360264655138

Collection:: Geschichte; Sonstiges

Copyright:: Rights reserved

Accessibility:: Eingeschränkter Zugang mit Nutzungsbeschränkungen

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