10 Violence and the prince: the case of the Aghlabid Amīr Ibrāhīm II (261–89/875–902)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Introduction: Spatial, ritual and representational aspects of public violence in Islamic societies (7th–19th centuries CE) 1
6. PART I Public violence and the construction of the public sphere
7. 1 The case of Jaʿd b. Dirham and the punishment of ‘heretics’ in the early caliphate 27
8. 2 Qāḍīs and the political use of the maẓālim jurisdiction under the ʿAbbāsids 42
9. 3 From revolutionary violence to state violence: the Fāṭimids (297–567/909–1171) 67
10. 4 Actions speak louder than words: reactions to lampoons and abusive poetry in medieval Arabic society 87
11. PART II Ritual dimensions of violence
12. 5 Reveal or conceal: public humiliation and banishment as punishments in early Islamic times 119
13. 6 Emulating Abraham: the Fāṭimid al-Qāʾim and the Umayyad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān III 130
14. 7 Where on earth is hell? State punishment and eschatology in the Islamic middle period 156
15. 8 Justice, crime and punishment in 10th/16th-century Morocco 179
16. PART III Representations of public violence
17. 9 Responses to crucifixion in the Islamic world (1st–7th/7th–13th centuries) 203
18. 10 Violence and the prince: the case of the Aghlabid Amīr Ibrāhīm II (261–89/875–902) 217
19. 11 Concepts of justice and the catalogue of punishments under the Sultans of Delhi (7th–8th/13th–14th centuries) 238
20. 12 Public violence, state legitimacy: the Iqāmat al-ḥudūd and the sacred state 256
21. 13 Violence in Islamic societies through the eyes of non-Muslim travellers: Morocco in the 19th and early 20th centuries 276
22. Index 292