The Berbers and the Islamic State : The Marinid Experience Book

	Acknowledgements
	Abbreviations
	List of Ilustrations
	Introduction
I	The Berbers' Search for Their Place in Islamic History	1
Ch. 1	An Unknown Source for the History of the Berbers	3
Ch. 2	The Myth of the Berbers' origin	15
Ch. 3	Acculturation and Its Aftermath: The Legacy of the Andalusian Berbers	29
II	Devising an Islamic State	41
Ch. 4	Rural and Urban Islam in 13th-century Morocco	43
Ch. 5	Out with Jewish Courtiers, Physicians, Tax Collectors and Minters	55
Ch. 6	The Fall of the khatib Abu 'l-Fadl al-Mazdaghi	69
III	Implementing Islamic Institutions	83
Ch. 7	The Introduction of the Medresas	85
Ch. 8	Royal Waaf in 14th-century Fez	95
Ch. 9	The State's Domain: Land and Taxation	115
	Conclusion	133
	Appendix A	135
	Appendix B	141
	Notes	143
	Bibliography	183
	Index	197