Idrisi State in Asir - Politics, Religion and Prestige in Arabia

This study traces the rise and fall of Asir - a state formed in 1906 on the borders of Yemen and the Hijaz - and its attempt to reconcile great power politics and the personal and religious prestige of its founder, Muhammad al-Yammani-al-Idrisi.

Summary

This study traces the rise and fall of Asir - a state formed in 1906 on the borders of Yemen and the Hijaz - and its attempt to reconcile great power politics and the personal and religious prestige of its founder, Muhammad al-Yammani-al-Idrisi.

Product details

• Authors: Anne K. Bang, Bang Anne K.
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781850653066
• ISBN: 978-1-85065-306-6
• Weight: 416 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Bergen Studies on the Middle East & Africa; Bergen Studies on the Middle East & Africa
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, Islamic Studies, Political structure & processes, Middle Eastern history, Arabian Peninsula, Islamic countries, Political structure and processes, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Islamic