Encyclopedia of Islam

K xl Encyclopedia of Islam 935 ¶ Death of al-Ashari, Sunni theologian, in Bagh- dad. 939 ¶ Twelfth Imam enters Greater Occultati ...

Chronology xli J 1166 ¶ Death of Sufi master Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani in Baghdad. 1171 ¶ End of the Fatimid dynasty; Salah al-Din ...

K xlii Encyclopedia of Islam 1338 ¶ Death of Hajji Bektash, Sufi saint. 1369 ¶ Death of Ibn Battuta, famed traveler and Maliki j ...

Chronology xliii J 1627 ¶ Mughal emperor Shah Jahan begins reign. 1640 ¶ Death of Mulla Sadra, Persian mystic and phi- losopher. ...

K xliv Encyclopedia of Islam 1818 ¶ British rule extends throughout India. 1826 ¶ Ottomans liquidate the Janissaries and abolish ...

Chronology xlv J 1901 ¶ French forces occupy Morocco. 1905 ¶ Death of Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian religious scholar and reformer. ¶ ...

K xlvi Encyclopedia of Islam 1938 ¶ Death of Muhammad Iqbal, Indian intellectual and poet. 1941 ¶ Iran invaded by British and Ru ...

Chronology xlvii J 1963 ¶ Islamic Society of North America founded in Plainfield, Indiana. 1965 ¶ Malcolm X, leader of the Natio ...

K xlviii Encyclopedia of Islam 1982 ¶ Israeli invasion of Lebanon; Hizbullah founded in Lebanon. ¶ Supreme Council for Islamic R ...

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1 J:AF Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258) The Abbasid Caliphate was a long-lived Sunni dynasty that ruled the Islamicate empire for fi ...

stronger than the caliph, few considered declar- ing themselves independent outright, in order to maintain an aura of legitimacy ...

took charge, with Saudi participation, of build- ing much of the country’s infrastructure: roads, airports, communications, elec ...

French, who would stay in that country until they were forced out by a widespread revolution in 1962. His position as patriot an ...

and logistical support to those fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan. Making his way to the United States after the Soviet withdr ...

nationalist movement against British occupation of the country. This culminated in Abduh’s partici- pation in the unsuccessful 1 ...

eval Islamicate cities also helped to meet this need. In the absence of water, Islamic law allows for the performance of “dry ab ...

Abou El Fadl, Khaled (1963– ) leading scholar of Islamic law, religious reformer, and human rights advocate living in the United ...

from stories found in the book of Genesis in the Bible and related accounts that were circulating among Jews and Christians in t ...