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Historian Medieval History | Sufism | Seljuk History | Islamic Political Thought | Persianate World | Social History |Islamicate Societies

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One of the most influential thinkers of our time, the German philosopher and sociologist JΓΌrgen Habermas, died at the age of 96.

14.03.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ahilik: A metaphysical order rooted in futuwwa, filling political vacuums as a corporate power with military defensive reflexes. Guided by Sufi discipline, it turned its hierarchy into a mechanism for public order & defense, a key administrative-strategic actor in the medieval Islamic world.

14.03.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ahilik: A metaphysical order rooted in futuwwa, filling political vacuums as a corporate power with military defensive reflexes. Guided by Sufi discipline, it turned its hierarchy into a mechanism for public order & defense, a key administrative-strategic actor in the medieval Islamic world.

14.03.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Analyzing the conceptions of power in Turkish, Arab, and Iranian societies, this work explores the transformation of customary laws, tribal structures, and imperial legacies with Islam. It examines the political evolution and civilization-building of these three ancient peoples.

13.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Analyzing the conceptions of power in Turkish, Arab, and Iranian societies, this work explores the transformation of customary laws, tribal structures, and imperial legacies with Islam. It examines the political evolution and civilization-building of these three ancient peoples.

13.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In medieval Islamic societies, Futuwwa was not merely an economic or vocational practice of solidarity; rather, it was a unique institutional framework that constructed the social fabric of civilization through its political, philosophical, and ethical foundations."

13.03.2026 09:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In medieval Islamic societies, Futuwwa was not merely an economic or vocational practice of solidarity; rather, it was a unique institutional framework that constructed the social fabric of civilization through its political, philosophical, and ethical foundations."

13.03.2026 09:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Power does not consist solely of political and military might. In Turkic, Iranian, and Arab societies, power intertwines with religious, social, and cultural sources of legitimacy, thereby generating idiosyncratic paradigms that are unique to the East and fundamentally divergent from Western models.

12.03.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Power does not consist solely of political and military might. In Turkic, Iranian, and Arab societies, power intertwines with religious, social, and cultural sources of legitimacy, thereby generating idiosyncratic paradigms that are unique to the East and fundamentally divergent from Western models.

12.03.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0