Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- General Introduction
- Part I On History
- Part II On Combat Solidarities
- Part III On the State
- 9 States and universal dynasties are built by tribes and combat solidarities
- 10 A religious cause endows a nascent dynasty with force in addition to the combat solidarities derived from the number of its supporters
- 11 Every dynasty controls a finite number of domains and territories, which cannot be exceeded
- 12 It is natural for the sovereign to isolate himself in his glory, seeking peace and comfort
- 13 The leader of the dynasty puts his clients and those whom he has reared before his own kin and combat solidarities
- 14 The caliphate; the kingdom of the Jews; and the pope and the emperor in Christendom
- 15 On war
- 16 On taxation
- 17 The dissolution of a dynasty
- 18 A nascent dynasty cannot overthrow the sitting dynasty in a single blow; victory must come in time
- Part IV Cities
- Part V Earning a Living
- Part VI Sciences
- Part VII Texts from Ibn Khaldūn’s Universal History
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
10 - A religious cause endows a nascent dynasty with force in addition to the combat solidarities derived from the number of its supporters
from Part III - On the State
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2025
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- General Introduction
- Part I On History
- Part II On Combat Solidarities
- Part III On the State
- 9 States and universal dynasties are built by tribes and combat solidarities
- 10 A religious cause endows a nascent dynasty with force in addition to the combat solidarities derived from the number of its supporters
- 11 Every dynasty controls a finite number of domains and territories, which cannot be exceeded
- 12 It is natural for the sovereign to isolate himself in his glory, seeking peace and comfort
- 13 The leader of the dynasty puts his clients and those whom he has reared before his own kin and combat solidarities
- 14 The caliphate; the kingdom of the Jews; and the pope and the emperor in Christendom
- 15 On war
- 16 On taxation
- 17 The dissolution of a dynasty
- 18 A nascent dynasty cannot overthrow the sitting dynasty in a single blow; victory must come in time
- Part IV Cities
- Part V Earning a Living
- Part VI Sciences
- Part VII Texts from Ibn Khaldūn’s Universal History
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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- Ibn Khaldūn: Political Thought , pp. 58 - 63Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025