From Theocracy To Monarchy
Authority And Legitimacy In Inner Oman, 1935–1957
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8969470 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dale F Eickelman (New York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-24 |
| Publication date | 1985-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743800028737 |
| OpenAlex | W2144855027 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 7 |
The twentieth-century Ibadi imamate of “inner” Oman (1913–1955) constituted one of the world's last theocracies. In a demise unique for the mid-twentieth century, it became assimilated into one of the world's last absolute monarchies. The 1955 shift from theocratic to dynastic rule met initially with the support, or at least the acquiescence, of most of the tribesmen and notables of the interior. This acquiescence at first appears surprising because the fundamentalist Islamic religious and political principles for which the imamate stood continued to be properly supported. One of these principles for Ibadis was that the imām, the spiritual and temporal leader of the Islamic community, should be the most qualified of available candidates and chosen by a consensus of the community's religious men of learning and notables, a notion markedly at contrast with the ascriptive one of dynastic rule. Conflict between these two forms of rule is basic to much of Islamic political history and to that of pre-1970 Oman in particular
Acquiescence · Ancient history · Archaeology · Demise · Islam · Legitimacy · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · Theocracy · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Philosophy · Religious studies
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2024 (36) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |