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University of California Press eBooks· 2020· Book chapter

12. ʿUmar II and the Treatment of the Mawālī, by Ahmad b. Yahyā b. Jābir al-Balādhurī, Muhammad b. Jarīr al-Tabarī, and Abū Muhammad ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-Hakam

G. R. Hawting, Nimrod Hurvitz, Christian C. Sahner

Short summary

This chapter analyzes the policies of Caliph ʿUmar II concerning the Mawālī (non-Arab converts to Islam) based on historical texts by al-Balādhurī, al-Tabarī, and Ibn ʿAbd al-Hakam.

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Key points

  • Focuses on Caliph ʿUmar II's policies regarding the Mawālī.
  • Utilizes historical accounts from al-Balādhurī, al-Tabarī, and Ibn ʿAbd al-Hakam.
  • Investigates administrative and social measures affecting non-Arab converts.
  • Explores the dynamics between the Arab elite and the Mawālī population.

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Abstract

12. ʿUmar II and the Treatment of the Mawālī, by Ahmad b. Yahyā b. Jābir al-Balādhurī, Muhammad b. Jarīr al-Tabarī, and Abū Muhammad ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-Hakam was published in Conversion to Islam in the Premodern Age on page 94.

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Field: Political Science and International Relations

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