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umma (community <strong>of</strong> the faithful),<br />

34; caliph's distancing from see<br />

veil (<strong>of</strong> caliph): Prophet's direct<br />

contact, 75-8, 183<br />

al-Ustadh Burjwan, 162<br />

'Uthman, caliph, 120, 207-8<br />

Uzbeg Khan, Muhammad, 103<br />

veil: <strong>of</strong> caliph, 35, 79-80, 82, 178,<br />

179-81, 181-3; <strong>of</strong> women, 35,<br />

85, 109, 178, 189, (queens<br />

dispense with), 96, 115-140<br />

Wahhabis, 20<br />

al-Walid II Ibn al-Yazid, caliph,<br />

83-4<br />

wars Byzantine, 58, 162; civil<br />

(36/656), 120-1; see also<br />

Crusades; Iran-Iraq; jihad;<br />

military leadership<br />

Wattasid dynasty, 18, 19<br />

wells, 65<br />

will, sovereign, 176-7, 178<br />

women see individual names and<br />

aspects<br />

Index 229<br />

writing as liberating words, 16<br />

Yahya Ibn Khalid al-Barmaki, 61<br />

Yazid II Ibn 'Abd al-Malik,<br />

caliph, 24, 37, 39-40<br />

Yemen, 20, 115-38; Fatimid<br />

authority, 130, 132, 134, 149-51,<br />

154, 155; and Indian Isma'ilism,<br />

125, 149, 157; women in<br />

politics, 52, 157, 176; see also<br />

'Ali Ibn Muhammad al-Sulayhi;<br />

'Arwa; Asma<br />

Yusif Ibn Ahmad al-Ashh, 130<br />

Yusuf Ibn Tashfin, 14, 205<br />

al-Zahir, Fatimid caliph, 175-6<br />

Zainab al-Nafzawiyya, 14, 205<br />

zanj, revolt <strong>of</strong>, 37, 38-9<br />

al-Zarkali, Khayr al-Din, 20, 148<br />

Zayd Ibn 'Ali, 55-6<br />

Zaydan, Muhammad Ibn al-<br />

Hasan, 164<br />

Zaydi tribe, 20<br />

Zia al-Haq, 34<br />

Zubayd, 136, 140, 145, 146

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