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ISBN10: 0520047745, ISBN13: 9780520047747, [publisher: University of California Press] Softcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Sayyid Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani (1838-1897), was a religious reformer and political activist, led a busy and complex life full of obscure and clandestine ventures. Although he was concerned with the wide ranging need for Islamic reform, he devoted most of his life to the more urgent political problems confronting Muslims. This book tells his story.
[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1983]

University of California Press, Date: 1983. Paperback. New. 224 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. 1983. University of California Press ISBN 0520047745 9780520047747 [GB]

ISBN10: 0520047745, ISBN13: 9780520047747, [publisher: University of California Press, United States, Berkerley] Softcover "Keddie has rendered a valuable service .Afghani merits the attention of Western students of the contemporary international scene and the Muslim renaissance since he made the first significant attempt to answer the modern Western challenge to the Muslim world." (Eastern World). "Sayyid Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani (1838-1897), the well known religious reformer and political activist, led a busy and complex life full of obscure and clandestine ventures.[Keddie] draws on a wide range of primary and secondary sources. In part I an attempt is made to provide an accurate biography and a consistent analysis of Afghani. Part II contains translations of some of his most important writings.Although Afghani was concerned with the wide ranging need for Islamic reform, he devoted most of his life to the more urgent political problems confronting Muslims - problems arising out of their weakness in dealing with the Western Christian powers. Hence the tide of this book. The picture that emerges here confirms Afghani's long standing reputation as a defender of Muslim interests - not against borrowing European advances in science and technology, but against foreign political, economic, or military encroachment." (Middle East journal). "Jamal ad-Din was a mysterious figure and most of the mysteries were of his own making .it has been left ...

University of California Press 1983 Softcover New 224 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches.

ISBN10: 0520047745, ISBN13: 9780520047747, [publisher: University of California Press] Softcover 224 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1983]