In the present work an attempt has been made to assess the history,
political philosophy and socio-political conditions and civilization trends
right from the prophet period till now. The object of this work focuses on
bringing into light major political systems of Muslims that emerged and
operated at various periods of time and special emphasis has been given to
modern Muslim experimentations and various methods techniques ad ways
necessitated by the requirements of time and place. Many books and
articles have been written on political systems of Islam and Muslims but no
substantial and cohesive effort had been made to bring out the relevance
and application of the that discussions 'political system of Islam to modem
times' which has been done in this work.
This work is divided into seen chapters followed by a bibliography
and glossary. The first chapter is devoted to the discussion of the political
system of the Prophet's period and the evolution of the Islamic state
through a number of the Prophetic measures like the system of the
'mu'akhat (brotherhood) and the Kitab (document) and the making of the
'ummah' (Muslim community) etc: It also discusses the politico-juridical
systems during the Caliphs's period and explains the concepts of Khalifa
and the Caliphate and Ideal Khalifat, encompassing the experimentations of
the umavid and Abbasid dynasties with special reference to their state building
measure and thought making provisions and resolutions such the rise of three tier system of governance which is generally classified as the
central, provincial and local governments.
