Contents

pp v-vi

List of Figures and Tables

pp vii-viii

Introduction

pp 1-8

Part One - The Generation of Genealogical Knowledge

pp 9-10

1 - Keeping the Prophet's Family Alive: Profile of a Genealogical Discipline

pp 11-23

2 - Motives and Techniques of Genealogical Forgery in Pre-modern Muslim Societies

pp 24-36

3 - The Genealogy of Power and the Power of Genealogy in Morocco: History, Imaginary and Politics

pp 37-52

Part Two - Empowering Political and Religious Elites

pp 53-54

4 - Berber Leadership and Genealogical Legitimacy: The Almoravid Case

pp 55-70

5 - Ways of Connecting with the Past: Genealogies in Nasrid Granada

pp 71-88

6 - Embarrassing Cousins: Genealogical Conundrums in the Central Sahara

pp 89-102

Part Three - Genealogy as a Source for Writing History

pp 103-104

7 - Was Marwan ibn al-Hakam the First “Real” Muslim?

pp 105-114

8 - Genealogy and Ethnogenesis in al-Mas‘udi's Muruj al-dhahab

pp 115-130

9 - Genealogical Prestige and Marriage Strategy among the Ahl al-Bayt: The Case of the al-Sadr Family in Recent Times

pp 131-148

About the Contributors

pp 149-150

Index

pp 151-156