Oxford Dictionary of Islam

Designed for readers with little or no knowledge of Islam, the Oxford Dictionary of Islam provides vividly-written, up-to-date, and authoritative entries. Update Jumpto Content PersonalProfile:Signin orCreate About News SubscriberServices ContactUs Help ForAuthors OxfordReference Publications Pages Publications Pages Help Subject    Archaeology Art&Architecture Bilingualdictionaries Classicalstudies Encyclopedias EnglishDictionariesandThesauri History Languagereference Law Linguistics Literature Mediastudies Medicineandhealth Music Namesstudies Performingarts Philosophy Quotations Religion Scienceandtechnology Socialsciences Societyandculture BrowseAll ReferenceType    OverviewPages SubjectReference Timelines Quotations EnglishDictionaries BilingualDictionaries BrowseAll MyContent (0) Recentlyviewed (0) SaveEntry MySearches(0) Recentlyviewed (0) SaveSearch Close FindatOUP.comGooglePreview TheOxfordDictionaryofIslam   Editedby: JohnL.Esposito DesignedforreaderswithlittleornoknowledgeofIslam,theOxfordDictionaryofIslamprovidesvividly-written,up-to-date,andauthoritativeentries.TheDictionaryfocusesprimarilyonthe19thand20thcenturies,providingahighlyinformativelookatthereligious,political,andsocialspheresofthemodernIslamicworld.ThereareentriesontopicsofcurrentinterestsuchasterrorismandtheTaliban,OsamabinLadenandal-Qaida,thePLOandHAMAS,butthecoveragealsoincludesbiographicalprofiles,andentriescoveringmajorpoliticalmovements,militantgroups,religioussectstermsfromIslamiclaw,cultureandreligion,keyhistoricalevents,andimportantlandmarks.AseriesofentrieslookatIslaminindividualnations,andtherearediscussionsofIslamicviewsoncontemporaryissues. BibliographicInformation Publisher: OxfordUniversityPress PrintPublicationDate: 2003 PrintISBN-13: 9780195125580 Publishedonline: 2003 CurrentOnlineVersion: 2003 DOI: 10.1093/acref/9780195125580.001.0001 eISBN: 9780199891207 Author JohnL.Esposito, editor JohnL.EspositoisUniversityProfessorofReligionandInternationalAffairsandFoundingDirectoroftheCenterforMuslim-ChristianUnderstandingattheWalshSchoolofForeignService,GeorgetownUniversity.ApastpresidentoftheMiddleEastStudiesAssociation,heisEditor-in-Chiefofthefour-volumeOxfordEncyclopediaoftheModernIslamicWorldandEditoroftheOxfordIllustratedHistoryofIslam. ReadMore Highlightsearchterm Print Save Cite Emailthiscontent ShareLink Copythislink,orclickbelowtoemailittoafriend Emailthiscontent orcopythelinkdirectly: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195125580.001.0001/acref-9780195125580 Thelinkwasnotcopied.Yourcurrentbrowsermaynotsupportcopyingviathisbutton. LinkcopiedsuccessfullyCopylink ShareThis Decrease Increase Subscribersignin Youcouldnotbesignedin,pleasecheckandtryagain. Username PleaseenteryourUsername Password PleaseenteryourPassword Forgotpassword? Don'thaveanaccount? SigninviayourInstitution Youcouldnotbesignedin,pleasecheckandtryagain. Signinwithyourlibrarycard Pleaseenteryourlibrarycardnumber Searchwithinwork Subject(s)inOxfordReference Religion PublishingInformation AllContents Entries AccesstothecompletecontentonOxfordReferencerequiresasubscriptionorpurchase.Publicusersareabletosearchthesiteandviewtheabstractsandkeywordsforeachbookandchapterwithoutasubscription.Pleasesubscribeorlogintoaccessfulltextcontent.Ifyouhavepurchasedaprinttitlethatcontainsanaccesstoken,pleaseseethetokenforinformationabouthowtoregisteryourcode.Forquestionsonaccessortroubleshooting,pleasecheckourFAQs,andifyoucan''tfindtheanswerthere,pleasecontactus. # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Itemsperpage: 1020 Startingwith: Page1234567891011...129130 Abd Abdal-Aziz,Shah(1824) AbdaliDynasty Abdal-Jabbar,Qadi(1024) AbdAllah AbdAllahibnSaba AbdAllahibnUmaribnal-Khattab(693) Abdal-MalikibnMarwan(685–705) Abdal-MuttalibibnHashim(578) Abdal-Qadir(1883) Abdal-Rahman,Aisha(1913) Abdal-Raziq,Ali(1966) Abdel-Krim,MuhammadibnAbdal-Karimal-Khattabi(1963) AbdelRahman,Omar(1938) Abduh,Muhammad(1905) AbdulhamidII(1918) Abdullah,SheikhMuhammad(1982) Abdulmejid,Sultan(1922–24) AbdulRahman,Tunku ABIM Itemsperpage: 1020 Startingwith: Page1234567891011...129130 # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Contents FrontMatter PublishingInformation GeneralLinksforthisWork Editors Contributors A-Z(toview,selectthe"Entries"tab) OxfordUniversityPress Copyright© 2022. Allrightsreserved. PRINTEDFROMOXFORDREFERENCE(www.oxfordreference.com).(c)CopyrightOxfordUniversityPress,2021.AllRightsReserved.Underthetermsofthelicenceagreement,anindividualusermayprintoutaPDFofasingleentryfromareferenceworkinORforpersonaluse(fordetailsseePrivacyPolicyandLegalNotice). date:10March2022 CookiePolicy PrivacyPolicy LegalNotice Credits Accessibility [178.128.221.219] 178.128.221.219 Signintoannotate Close Edit Characterlimit500/500 Delete Cancel Save @! Characterlimit500/500 Cancel Save