The Almohad Revolution

Abstract

Contents: Introduction Spiritual alienation and political activism: the ghuraba in al-Andalus during the 6th/12th century Between the Maghreb and al-Andalus: political and religious authority under the Almoravids The mahdi Ibn Tumart and al-Andalus: the constructionn of Almohad legitimacy The Almohads and the Fatmids The genealogies of 'Abd al-Mu'min, the first Almohad caliph Coins of the Almohad era: I The dinar of QAua,ii a 'IyAua,i that never was. II When the first Almohad coins were minted and the question of the lawfulness of minting coins Revolution and tradition: some aspects of the world of scholarship in al-Andalus during the Almoravid and Almohad periods Legal doctrine and practice under the Almohads The title of the Almohad chronicle by Ibn a' Aua,[yen]ib al-a' alAut Some considerations on Almohad itinerant power Christian success and Muslim fear in Andalusi writings during the Almoravid and Almohad periods The legal policies of the Almohad caliphs and Ibn Rushd's Bidayat al-mujtahid Conversion, ancestry and universal religion: the case of the Almohads in the Islamic West (6th/12tha 7th/13th centuries) Alfonso X 'the Wise', the last Almohad caliph? Index.