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Dawla-Meaning state and dynasty. Group solidarity, or asabiyya makes dawla possible.
Posted at Feb 19/2009 10:37AM:
ian: How might we see this as diffferent from say the concept of 'umma' or 'caliphate'? What does this imply about the politics of the Islamic world? Can their be more than one? What are the markers of a 'dawla'?