HEIRS OF THE PROPHETS
An Account of the Clergy and Priests of Islam
the Personnel of the Mosque and "Holy Men"
BY
of Religion and Christian Missions
Princeton Theological Seminary
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PREFACE | |
| CHAPTER I |
Introduction |
| CHAPTER II |
Pre-Islamic Priesthood in Arabia |
| CHAPTER III |
Priesthood of Mohammed and the Early Caliphs |
| CHAPTER IV |
The Mosque and Pulpit |
| CHAPTER V |
The Personnel of the Mosque |
| CHAPTER VI |
The Sheikh-Al-Islam and Mufti |
| CHAPTER VII |
The Oldest Theological Seminary |
| CHAPTER VIII |
Religious Funds and Endowments |
| CHAPTER IX |
Sacrifice and Blood-Covenants |
| CHAPTER X |
Mysticism and the Darwish Orders |
| CHAPTER XI |
Sharifs and Seyyids |
| CHAPTER XII |
The Mahdis and New Messiahs |
| CHAPTER XIII |
The Power and Influence of the Clergy Today |
| CHAPTER XIV |
Converts from the Clergy |
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