Ansari, Hamied N.

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FIRST PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTEOF ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND CMLIZATION (ISTAC),INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA (HUM), 2006.205A JALAN DAMANSARA, DAMANSARA HEIGHTS,50480 KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA.Tel: 603-20802900 Fax: 603-20948343E-mail: istacbooks@yahoo.com Website: www.iiu.edu.my/istac© Hamied N. AnsariFirst published in 2006All rights reserved. The copyright ofthis publication belongsto the author, Dr. Hamied N Ansari. No part of this publicationmay be reproduced or transmitted in any form whatsoever includingbut not limited to photocopying, recording or by any other means or storedin any retrieval system ofany nature without the prior written permissionofthe author. Full acknowledgement of the author and sourcemust be given. This publication may not be resold, hiredout or otherwise traded in any form whatsoeveror in any cover other than that in whichit is published except with the priorwritten permissionofthe author.Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia Cataloguing-in-Publication DataAnsari. I-Iamied N.The myth of the golden octagon: rethinking the history of islamic civilization!Hamied N. AnsariIncludes indexBibliography: p. 797-808ISBN 983-9379-43-7l.Civilization, Islamic. I. Title.909.097671THE MYTH OFTHE GOLDEN OCTAGON:RE-THINKING THE HISTORYOF ISLAMIC CIVILIZATIONHAMIED N. ANSARIINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND CIVILIZATION (lSTAC),INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA (HUM),KUALA LUMPUR2006ContentsList of Illustrations XlPreface X111Acknowledgements xvPart I xv-31OIntroduction 1-13CLASSICAL ISLAM IN THE IMAGINATION OF THEHISTORIAN1 Revelation and Mission 15-50The Era of Ignorance 17, The Messenger of God 27, TIleFoundation of the Political Community 342 The Plurality of One 51-99From Caliphate to Kingship 53, Dissolution of thePolitical Community 71 , Monarchical Absolutism 923 The Classical Age 101-147TIle Shadow of God on Earth 103, Turning Back toFundamentals 118, The Conservative Response 1334 The Periphery in Revolt 149-197The Sunni-Shj'i Polarization 151, The Shj'i Imamate165, The Sunni Caliphate 174, Conciliating Mind andSoul 185VllVlll5 Parting of the WaysEclipse of the Center 200, The Religion of Salvation212, Rationalization of Tradition 226, The AncestralPath 2396 In the Shadow of Natural HistoryThe Changing Order of Things 252, The Rural-UrbanDivide 269, TIle Dialectics of Nature and Culture 286,The Science of Culture: A Final Appraisal 295Part IITHE POLITICS OF FAITH IN THE MODERNWORLD7 The New EmpiresThe Ottoman Monarchical Absolutism 315, TheAdvent of Shi'ism in Safavid Iran 337, The Last of theTimurids in India 3548 The State of NotablesEclipse of the Imperial Center 372, Sectarianism andthe Shi'i Revival 383, Traditionalization of Modernity394, Political Orders in Tribal societies 4109 The Colonial StateBritish Imperialism in India 430, French Colonizationof North Africa 449, Muslims Under the RussianDomination 47410Redefining the CanonThe Rise of the Clerical Order 496, The LiberalImpasse 510, The Conservative Reaction 524,Mysticism and Statecraft 538199-250251-310311-369313-369371-428429-493495-54711 The Geography of Ethnic IdentityThe Sovietization of Central Asia 550, The Idea ofPakistan 572, The Clash of Ethnic Nationalism inPalestine 59312 The New World OrderThe American Century 622, The Rule of the Imam634, A Fateful Alliance 646, Islamic Liberalism inCrisis 656, The First Gulf War 665, Radicalization ofTradition 672ConclusionIllustrationsNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndexix549-619621-685687-707709-717719-783785-795797-808809

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