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Mohamed Hédi Chérif, « Hommes de religion et pouvoir dans la Tunisie de l'époque moderne », Annales, ID : 10.3406/ahess.1980.282655
Men of religion and power in XVIIth and early XVIIIth century Tunisia M.-H. Cherif That Islam is both din and dawla (religion and state) is a commonly held view. This notion, as applied to the case of XVIIth and XVIIIth century Tunisia, is discussed and partially refuted in this article, through the study of the relation of the state with the scholars, on the one hand, and the saints on the other.