It takes the average reader 6 hours and 4 minutes to read Al-Ma'mun, the Inquisition, and the Quest for Caliphal Authority by John Abdallah Nawas
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The "inquisition" (Mihnah) unleashed by the seventh Abbasid caliph, 'Abdallah al-Ma'mun (r. 813-833), has long attracted the attention of modern scholars of the intellectual, political, and religious history of the early Abbasid era. Because this event, which began in 820 and stretched through the reigns of two of al-Ma'mun's successors, appears at a convergence of prominent currents in systematic theology, rationalist thought, theocratic politics, and nascent trends in Shiism and Sunnism, historians have seen it as the key to a wide array of puzzles and problems in early Islamic history. In...
Al-Ma'mun, the Inquisition, and the Quest for Caliphal Authority by John Abdallah Nawas is 356 pages long, and a total of 91,136 words.
This makes it 120% the length of the average book. It also has 111% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 18 minutes to read Al-Ma'mun, the Inquisition, and the Quest for Caliphal Authority aloud.
Al-Ma'mun, the Inquisition, and the Quest for Caliphal Authority is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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