Violent order : religious warfare, chivalry, and the ʿAyyār phenomenon in the Medieval Islamic world / D. G. Tor. Würzburg : Ergon Verlag in Kommission, 2016
Content
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Defining the ‘Ayyārs
2. The Volunteer Warriors for the Faith (Mutaṭawwiʿa)
3. ʿAyyār Activity in Sīstān and the Rise of the Ṣaffārids
4. The ʿAyyār Versus the Government: The Ṣaffārids and the Ṭāhirids
5. The ʿAyyār and the Caliph
6. The Beginning of the ʿAyyār – Sufi Connection, and the Decline and Fall of the ʿAyyār Realm
7. The ʿAyyārs, Sufism, and Chivalry
8. The ʿAyyārs in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries: Chivalry (Futuwwa) and Violence
Conclusions
Bibliography