What is a caliphate? What is the history of the idea? How is the term used and abused today? In the first modern account of a subject of critical importance today, acclaimed historian Hugh Kennedy answers these questions by chronicling the rich history of the caliphate, from the death of Muhammad to the present.

Format: Paperback
Published: in UK in 2016
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Pages: 448
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780141981406
ISBN 10: 0141981407