Amir al-Mu'minin
ʾAmīr al-Muʾminīn (
Name
Although
History
The title
Among
At the same time, the title has retained a connotation of command in the
When
In 1996, the title was adopted by the
Shi'a views
Twelver
Twelver Shias apply the title exclusively to Ali,[1] the cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, regarded as the first imam by the Shia and the officially designated successor to Muhammad.
Ismailism
The
Zaydism
Among the
Non-Muslim usage
The Kitáb-i-Íqán, the primary theological work of the Baháʼí Faith, applies the title Commander of the Faithful to Ali, the son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[23]
A similar (but not the same) title[
In fiction
In James Joyce's 1939 novel Finnegans Wake (page 34.6), an informer who is spreading nasty rumours about the main character is described as "Ibid, commender of the frightful".
In the French comic series Iznogoud, Caliph Haroun El Poussah, one of the protagonists of the series, is frequently addressed by inferiors as commander of the faithful (commandeur des croyants).
In
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Gibb 1960, p. 445.
- ^ Donner 2012, pp. 135–136.
- ^ Donner 2012, pp. 98–99.
- ^ Donner 2012, pp. 210–211.
- ^ Pennell 2016, p. 6.
- ^ Pennell 2016, p. 7.
- ^ Pennell 2016.
- ISBN 9788173915376
- ^ Leonid Nikolaevich Sobolev (1876). Latest History of the Khanates of Bokhara and Kokand. Foreign Department Press. Archived from the original on 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ Esposito 2003, p. 1.
- ^ a b Pennell 2016, p. 2.
- ^ Shahrani 1986, p. 35.
- ^ a b Pennell 2016, p. 16.
- ^ Muhammad Rafi (1964). La Mecque au XIVème siècle de l'Hégire / مكة في القرن الرابع عشر الهجري (in Arabic). La Mecque: /. p. 291.
- ^ IslamKotob. الشريف الحسين الرضي والخلافة لنضال داود المومني (in Arabic). IslamKotob. Archived from the original on 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ Thomas Joscelyn; Bill Roggio (2015-07-31). "The Taliban's new leadership is allied with al Qaeda". FDD's Long War Journal. Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
- ^ "Statement by the Leadership Council of Islamic Emirate regarding the martyrdom of Amir ul Mumineen Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour and the election of the new leader". Voice of Jihad. 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2016-06-14.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Pennell 2016, pp. 2–3.
- ^ Evan Kohlmann (2006-10-15). "Controversy Grows Over Supposed Unity of Iraqi Mujahideen as Al-Qaida Announces Founding of Sunni Islamic State". Counterterrorism Blog. Archived from the original on 2009-10-13.
- ^ Cole Bunzel (March 2015). "From Paper State to Caliphate: The Ideology of the Islamic State" (PDF). The Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World (Analysis Paper No. 19). Washington, D.C.: Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-02-22. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ Pennell 2016, pp. 17–18.
- ISBN 978-0-19-531173-0, archivedfrom the original on 2024-01-02, retrieved 2020-11-17
- ^ [1] Archived 2021-05-10 at the Wayback Machine "The Kitáb-i-Íqán PART ONE". BAHA'I REFERENCE LIBRARY. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
Sources
- Donner, Fred M. (2012). Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-06414-0.
- OCLC 495469456.
- Pennell, Richard (2016). "What is the significance of the title 'Amīr al-mu'minīn'?". The Journal of North African Studies. 21 (4): 623–644. S2CID 148543546.
- ISBN 9780195125597. Archivedfrom the original on 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ISBN 9780815624486.