Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
130300102201HISTORY OF ISLAM-IICompulsory122
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Era of the Four Caliphs after the Hz. Prophet Caliphate discussions and events.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Ali İPEK
Learning Outcomes
1The individuals who are major in their field and experienced are being grown as dependent on main principles of Republic of Turkey and convenient for the main aims of Turkish national education system.
2They will achieve some behaviour such as being open-minded while doing scientific investigations, being suspicious and delaying decisions in the situation of having no complete proof, and they can maintain their studies with patience and care.
3They will apply the modern methods writing and investigating history by being loyal to scientific ethical rules.
4By learning other disciplines which can be an assist to science of history, they will benefit from the branches which will help them in their investigations and studies.
5They will have the information of archive, library and documents. In addition, by evaluating these sources in decent way through its originality, they will present service and being of academic society.
6To summarize the political history of the Four Caliphs Period.
7Islamic conquests and to specify the dynamics of the spread of the Islamic State.
8Analyze the issue of sects.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Hz. Prophet after prophet Caliphate discussions. Abu Bakr, the Prophet. Umar, the Prophet. Osman Age of conquest, the Prophet. And Hazrat Osman. Ali era of civil unrest, a condition of Karbala and the Prophet. After the martyrdom of Hussein differences that occur in Islamic society.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Elected caliph caliph Abu Bakr and the major events of the periodreading, explanation, discussion
2Caliph Umar's Caliphatereading, explanation, discussion
3Omar Fatah movement Periodreading, explanation, discussion
4Khalid b. Walid and conquests.reading, explanation, discussion
5Caliph Uthman's caliphate conquering movements of the first period.reading, explanation, discussion
6Caliph Uthman's caliphate second period of internal events and the Prophet. Uthman's martyrdom.reading, explanation, discussion
7Caliph Ali era.reading, explanation, discussion
8Midterm Exam
9Hz. Ali's martyrdom and external eventsreading, explanation, discussion
10Evaluation of the four caliphs period.reading, explanation, discussion
11Caliph Abu Bakr, Caliph Omar, Caliph Uthman and Ali Khalifa's personalitiesreading, explanation, discussion
12Caliphate of Hz. Hasan, Hussein's life, and the Islamic world Incident of Karbala effectsreading, explanation, discussion
13Sects in Islam and the emergence of the first separationreading, explanation, discussion
14Between sects struggles.reading, explanation, discussion
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Bartold, W. (çev. Fuat Koprülü), (1939) İslam Medeniyeti Tarihi, Ankara. 2. Hitti, Philip H. (çev. Salih Tuğ),(1986) Siyasi ve Kültürel İslam Tarihi (IV Cilt), İstanbul, Boğaziçi Yayınları. 3. Sarıcık, Murat, Dört Halife Dönemi, (2013), Ankara. 4. Lewis, Bernard (çev. H.D.Yıldız) (1969), Tarihte Araplar, İstanbul. 5. Zeydan, Corci (çev. Z. Meganiz) (1328/19..), İslam Medeniyeti Tarihi (IV Cilt), İstanbul (Osmanlıca) 6. Wellhausen, J. (çev. Fikret Işıltan) (1996) İslamiyetin İlk Devrinde Dini-Siyasi Muhalefet Partileri, Ankara.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures13339
Field Work8216
Self Study14114
Individual Study for Mid term Examination199
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)91
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