1 |
Royal authority and
large dynastic power are attained only through a group
and group feeling |
2 |
When a dynasty is
firmly established, it can dispense with group feeling |
3 |
Members of a royal
family may be able to found a dynasty that
can dispense with group feeling |
4 |
Dynasties of wide
power and large royal authority have their origin in
religion based either on prophecy or on truthful
propaganda |
5 |
Religious propaganda
gives a dynasty at its beginning another power in
addition to that of the group feeling it possessed as
the result of
the number of its supporters |
6 |
Religious propaganda
cannot materialize without group feeling
|
7 |
Each dynasty has a
certain amount of provinces and lands, and
no more |
8 |
The greatness of a
dynasty, the extent of its territory, and the length of
its duration depend upon the numerical strength of its
supporters |
9 |
A dynasty rarely
establishes itself firmly in lands with many different
tribes and groups |
10 |
By its very nature,
the royal authority claims all glory for itself
and goes in for luxury and prefers tranquility and quiet |
11 |
When the natural
tendencies of the royal authority to claim all glory for
itself and to obtain luxury and tranquility have been
firmly established, the dynasty approaches senility |
12 |
Dynasties have a
natural life span like individuals
|
13 |
The transition of
dynasties from desert life to sedentary culture |
14 |
Luxury will at first
give additional strength to a dynasty
|
15 |
The stages of
dynasties. How the desert attitude differs among
the people in the different stages |
16 |
The monuments of a
given dynasty are proportionate to its original power |
17 |
The ruler seeks the
help of clients and followers against the men
of his own people and group feeling |
18 |
The situation of
clients and followers in dynasties |
19 |
Seclusion of, and
control over, the ruler (by others) may occur
in dynasties |
20 |
Those who gain power
over the ruler do not share with him in
the special title that goes with royal authority |
21 |
The true character
and different kinds of royal authority |
22 |
Exaggerated
harshness is harmful to royal authority and in
most cases causes its destruction |
23 |
The meaning of
caliphate and imamate |
24 |
The differences of
Muslim opinion concerning the laws and conditions
governing the caliphate |
25 |
Shi'ah tenets
concerning the question of the imamate |
26 |
The transformation
of the caliphate into royal authority
|
27 |
The meaning of the
oath of allegiance |
28 |
The succession |
29 |
The functions of the
religious institution of the caliphate |
30 |
The title of
"Commander of the Faithful," which is characteristic
of the caliph |
31 |
Remarks on the words
"Pope" and "Patriarch" in the Christian
religion and on the word " Kohen" used by the Jews |
32 |
The ranks of royal
and governmental authority and the titles that go with
those ranks.
The wazirate. The office of doorkeeper (hijabah). The
ministry (diwan) of financial operations and taxation.
The ministry (diwan) of official correspondence and
writing. The police. The admiralty. |
33 |
The different
importance of the ranks of "the sword" and
"the pen" in the various dynasties |
34 |
The characteristic
emblems of royal and government authority. The "outt"
(alah). The throne (sarir). The mint. The seal. The
tiraz. Large tents and tent walls. The prayer enclosure
(maggurah) and the prayer during the Friday sermon. |
35 |
Wars and the methods
of waging war practiced by the various nations |
36 |
Taxation and the
reason for low and high tax revenues |
37 |
In the later years
of dynasties, customs duties are levied |
38 |
Commercial activity
on the part of the ruler is harmful to his subjects and
ruinous to the tax revenue |
39 |
The ruler and his
entourage are wealthy only in the middle period of the
dynasty |
40 |
Curtailment of the
allowances given by the ruler implies curtailment
of the tax revenue |
41 |
Injustice brings
about the ruin of civilization |
42 |
How it happens that
access to the ruler becomes restricted in the dynasty.
Such restriction becomes important when the dynasty
grows senile |
43 |
The division of one
dynasty into two |
44 |
Once senility has
come upon a dynasty, it cannot be made to disappear |
45 |
How disintegration
befalls dynasties |
46 |
The authority of the
dynasty at first expands to its limit and then is
narrowed down in successive stages, until the dynasty
dissolves
and disappears |
47 |
How a new dynasty
originates |
48 |
A new dynasty gains
domination over the ruling dynasty through perseverance,
and not through sudden action |
49 |
There is an abundant
civilization (large population) at the end
of dynasties, and pestilences and famines frequently
occur then |
50 |
Human civilization
requires political leadership for its organization |
51 |
The Fatimid. The
opinions of the people about him. The truth
about the matter. Sufi opinions about the Mahdi, |
52 |
Forecasting the
future of dynasties and nations, including a discussion
of predictions (malabim) and an exposition of the
subject called "divination" (jafr) |