Description
Khilafat o Malookiat (خلافت و ملوکیت — meaning Caliphate and Kingship) is a highly influential and profoundly debated historical and theological treatise written by the celebrated 20th-century Islamic scholar and founder of Jamaat-e-Islami, Syed Abul Ala Maududi. Originally published in October 1966 in Urdu, the book analyzes the structural transition of early Islamic governance from the righteous Caliphate system into a hereditary monarchy (kingship).
The book was written as a direct scholastic refutation of The Caliphate of Mu’awiyah and Yazid by Mahmood Ahmad Abbasi, aiming to present a balanced view of early Islamic history using standard Sunni sources.
