Futuwwa
Sign in to savethumb|a depiction of Futuwwas Futuwwa (Arabic: فتوة, "young-manliness") was a conception of adolescent moral behavior around which myriad institutions of Medieval confraternity developed. With characteristics similar to chivalry and virtue, these communal associations of Arab men gained significant influence as stable social units that exerted religious, military, and political influence in much of the Islamic world.
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23 sectionsContents
- History and development
- Origins
- Caliphal reform
- Futuwwa in Anatolia
- Overview
- Structure and membership
- Religious
- Military
- Political
- Socioeconomic
- Relationship with Ottoman state and political demise
- Futuwwa in Armenia
- Futuwwa in Egypt
- In media and literature
- Historiography
- Modern reuse of the name
- Use of the concept in Egypt
- Famous Futuwwas
- Fahmy El-Feshawy
- Hamido the knight
- Aziza Al Fahla
- See also
- References
thumb|a depiction of Futuwwas Futuwwa (Arabic: فتوة, "young-manliness") was a conception of adolescent moral behavior around which myriad institutions of Medieval confraternity developed. With characteristics similar to chivalry and virtue, these communal associations of Arab men gained significant influence as stable social units that exerted religious, military, and political influence in much of the Islamic world.
==History and development== ===Origins=== In its most literal sense, Futuwwa described the quality of being young. It was not until the eighth century C.E. that the word came to represent something like a moral code. The evolution of the word, from adjective to moral framework, was driven by a melding of and Islamicization of Persian and Arab traditions.