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HEIRS OF THE PROPHETS

An Account of the Clergy and Priests of Islam
the Personnel of the Mosque and "Holy Men"

BY

SAMUEL M. ZWEMER, F.R.G.S.

Circa 1920

Professor Emeritus of the History
of Religion and Christian Missions
Princeton Theological Seminary

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE
 

CHAPTER ONE
 

  Introduction

CHAPTER TWO
 

  Pre-Islamic Priesthood in Arabia

CHAPTER THREE
 

  Priesthood of Mohammed and the Early Caliphs

CHAPTER FOUR
 

  The Mosque and Pulpit

CHAPTER FIVE
 

  The Personnel of the Mosque

CHAPTER SIX
 

  The Sheikh-Al-Islam and Mufti

CHAPTER SEVEN
 

  The Oldest Theological Seminary

CHAPTER EIGHT
 

  Religious Funds and Endowments

CHAPTER NINE
 

  Sacrifice and Blood-Covenants

CHAPTER TEN
 

  Mysticism and the Darwish Orders

CHAPTER ELEVEN
 

  Sharifs and Seyyids

CHAPTER TWELVE
 

  The Mahdis and New Messiahs

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
 

  The Power and Influence of the Clergy Today

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
 

  Converts from the Clergy

 

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