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Mona Hassan, Longing for the Lost Caliphate: A Transregional History

Adil, Sabahat F.

L onging for the Lost Caliphate: A Transregional History by Mona Hassan explores the idea of the caliphate—a means through which people could assume leadership after the death of the Prophet Muḥammad in 11/632— particularly its manifestations and valences under the Abbasids and the Ottomans through wide-ranging evidence, including poetry and juridical texts (5). Chronologically, the work spans two specified time periods, namely the first/seventh into the tenth/sixteenth centuries and the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The study demonstrates strong grounding in theoretical approaches to collective memory and memory studies. It stands out overall as a work that contributes to and encourages important conversations among scholars of Islam and also between them and those working in other fields.

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Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7916/alusur.v25i1.7009

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Academic Units
Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
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August 17, 2022