M E McMillan

The Meaning of Mecca

The Politics of Pilgrimage in Early Islam

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Produktbeschreibung

The first study to analyze the political subtext of Islam's most high-profile religious ritual.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780863564376
• ISBN-10: 0863564372
• Artikelnr.: 33270196

Autorenporträt

M.E. McMillan: M.E. McMillan earned a PhD in Islamic History at the University of St Andrews, and has worked for the UN Security Council as a translator.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Acknowledgements i
Note on Conventions ii
Introduction: The Politics of Pilgrimage 1
1. The Context: The Prophet's Precedent:
The Farewell Hajj of 10/632 5
The Prophet and the Pilgrimage 5
The Rituals of the Hajj 8
The Meaning of Mecca for the Muslim Community 14
2. Following in the Prophet's Footsteps:
The Era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs 17
Table 1 17
Abu Bakr: Leadership of the Hajj & the Nature of
Authority in Islam 22
'Umar & 'Uthman: The Hajj as a Channel of Communication 25
'Ali b. Abi ?alib: All Roads Do Not Lead to Mecca 31
The Hajj as a Platform for Rebellion 34
Conspicuous by their Absence: Who Did Not Lead the Hajj 37
3. Mu'awiyah b. Abi Sufyan:
A New Regime and A New Hajj Policy 39
Table 2 39
Mu'awiyah & Leadership of the Hajj 43
Political Choreography:
The Hajj of the Caliph's Successor Son 48
The Ruling Family and Leadership of the Íajj 52
Leading the Hajj by Proxy: The Governorship of Medina
& the Politics of Martyrdom 54
Conspicuous by their Absence: Who Did Not Lead the Íajj 61
4. The Caliphate in Transition:
The Hajj as a Barometer of Political Change 63
Table 3 63
Yazid & Leadership of the Hajj:
The Haram as an Ideological Battleground 66
Ibn al-Zubayr: Rebel or Ruler? 73
Alternative Uses of the Íajj:
The Haram as the Centre of an Information Network 78
The Hajj of 68 AH: A Platform for Rebellion 80
5. The Return of the Umayyads & the Reintroduction of the
Sufyanid Hajj Policy 82
Table 4 82
A Tale of Two Holy Cities: Mecca, Jerusalem & the Hajj 86
The Hajj of 72 AH: A Barometer of Political Change 89
Restoring Precedent: The Caliph's Victory Hajj of 75 AH 93
The Issue of Succession: The Íajj Seasons of 78 AH & 81 AH 95
The Governors of Medina and Leadership of the Hajj:
The Sufyanid Model Revisited 100
6. A House Dividing
The Successor Sons of 'Abd al-Malik:
al-Walid & Sulayman 106
Table 5 106
Power & Patronage: The Caliphal Hajj of 91 AH 109
Following in His Predecessors' Footsteps:
Al-Walid's Succession Policy & Leadership of the Hajj 113
Following in His Predecessors' Footsteps II:
Al-Walid's Governors of Medina & Leadership of the Hajj 116
The Caliphal Pilgrimage of 97 AH:
Hajj and Jihad in the Same Year 121
The Politics of Protest: Sulayman's Governors of the
Holy Cities & Leadership of the Hajj 126
7. 'Umar II and Yazid II: A Different Approach to the Hajj 131
Table 6 131
'Umar II: A Hajj Policy Based in the Hijaz 133
Yazid II: Another Hajj Policy Based in the Hijaz 137
'Umar II, Yazid II & Leadership of the Hajj:
Some Unanswered Questions 141
8. The Last of a Line: Hisham b. 'Abd al-Malik 145
Table 7 145
Restoring Precedent: The Caliphal Hajj of 106 AH 150
The Hajj of the Heir Apparent in 116 AH 155
The Hajj of the Would-Be Heir Apparent in 119 AH 158
Keeping it in the Family: Hisham's Governors of the
Holy Cities & Leadership of the Íajj 162
All Roads Lead to Mecca:
The Hajj as a Platform for Rebellion 165
9. The Third and Final Generation:
al-Walid II to Marwan II 167
Table 8 167 The Hajj of 125 AH: The Politics of Reprisal Revisited 170 The
Hajj of 126 AH: The Search for Umayyad Unity 176
The Ongoing Search for Umayyad Unity:
The Hajj Seasons of 127 AH and 128 AH 181 The Hajj Seasons 129 AH to 131
AH: Power Slips Away 183
10. Summary: The Meaning of Mecca 191
Power and Patronage at the Pilgrimage 191 Governing Islam's First Cities
and Leadership of the Hajj 192
The Politics of Protest: Alternative Uses of the Hajj 195
The Politics of Pilgrimage 196
Appendix A: The Sources & Their Challenges 199
Appendix B: Further Reading on the Hajj & the Umayyads 216
Bibliography 223