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.

Professor Emeritus of the History
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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