‘A Mirror of the Times’ (Mirʾat al-Zamān: Conceptualizing Ulama-State Relations with Biographical Dictionaries

• In Event: Religion and the State

Brief Overview

This study tests the long-held claim of an 11th-century ulama-state alliance by analyzing 784 Shāfiʿī scholars using new indices of proximity to power, institutionalization, bureaucratization, and stability.

Author

• Hasher Mohammad Nisar, University of Michigan