The Early Abbasid Caliphate

Author : Hugh Kennedy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317358077

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate by Hugh Kennedy Pdf

The early Abbasid Caliphate was an important period for Islam. The dynasty, based in Baghdad, ruled over a vast Empire, stretching from the Indus Valley and Southern Russia to the East to Tunisia in the West; and presided over an age of brilliant cultural achievements. This study, first published in 1981, examines the Abbasid Caliphs from their coming to power in 750 AD, to the death of the Caliph al-Ma’mun in 833 AD, when the period of Turkish domination began. It looks at the political history of the period, and also considers the social and economic factors, showing how they developed and influenced political life. The work is designed as a unique introduction to the period, and will prove invaluable to all students involved with Islamic, Byzantine and Mediterranean history and culture.

Author : Hugh Kennedy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:987186484

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The early Abbasid Caliphate by Hugh Kennedy Pdf

Author : Hugh Kennedy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Abbasids
ISBN : 0709900929

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate by Hugh Kennedy Pdf

Author : Tayeb El-Hibri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107183247

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The Abbasid Caliphate by Tayeb El-Hibri Pdf

A history of the Abbasid Caliphate from its foundation in 750 and golden age under Harun al-Rashid to the conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, this study examines the Caliphate as an empire and an institution, and its imprint on the society and culture of classical Islamic civilization.

Author : Tayeb El-Hibri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0521650232

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Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography by Tayeb El-Hibri Pdf

The history of the early Abbasid Caliphate has long been studied as a factual or interpretive synthesis of various accounts preserved in the medieval Islamic chronicles. Tayeb El-Hibri s book breaks with the traditional approach, applying a literary-critical reading to examine the lives of the caliphs. By focusing on the reigns of Harun al-Rashid and his successors, the study demonstrates how the various historical accounts were not in fact intended as faithful portraits of the past, but as allusive devices used to shed light on controversial religious, political and social issues of the period. The analysis also reveals how the exercise of decoding Islamic historigraphy, through an investigation of the narrative strategies and thematic motifs used in the chronicles, can uncover new layers of meaning and even identify the early narrators. This is an important book which represents a landmark in the field of early Islamic historiography.

Author : Amira K. Bennison
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300154894

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The Great Caliphs by Amira K. Bennison Pdf

This endlessly informative history brings the classical Islamic world to lifeIn this accessibly written history, Amira K. Bennison contradicts the common assumption that Islam somehow interrupted the smooth flow of Western civilization from its Graeco-Roman origins to its more recent European and American manifestations. Instead, she places Islamic civilization in the longer trajectory of Mediterranean civilizations and sees the ‘Abbasid Empire (750–1258 CE) as the inheritor and interpreter of Graeco-Roman traditions.At its zenith the ‘Abbasid caliphate stretched over the entire Middle East and part of North Africa, and influenced Islamic regimes as far west as Spain. Bennison’s examination of the politics, society, and culture of the ‘Abbasid period presents a picture of a society that nurtured many of the “civilized” values that Western civilization claims to represent, albeit in different premodern forms: from urban planning and international trade networks to religious pluralism and academic research. Bennison’s argument counters the common Western view of Muslim culture as alien and offers a new perspective on the relationship between Western and Islamic cultures.

Author : Guy Le Strange
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781616405328

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Baghdad by Guy Le Strange Pdf

Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate was first published in 1900 and is, according to the author, the first attempt at a complete history and topographic outline of the city of Baghdad during the reign of the Abbasids, who ruled from 750 to 1258 A.D. In addition to including a chronological timetable, this work contains the history of the foundation of Baghdad, the building of the canals, gates, roads, trenches, quarters, and palaces (all in great detail), and descriptions of the early, middle, and late periods of the Abbasid Caliphate. This work is ideal for scholars of ancient world and Middle East history, especially those interested in early studies of Islam. GUY LE STRANGE (1854-1933) was born in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, as the youngest son of Henry L'Estrange Styleman. He studied Arabic and Persian at the College de France in Paris, after which he spent many years traveling and living abroad in Persia, Florence, and Palestine. He settled in Cambridge in 1907, where he contributed to The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, of which he was a member until his death. Le Strange was the editor and translator of several well-known books on the Middle East and Islam, establishing him as one of the most recognized historical geographers of medieval Islam to write in English.

Author : Gerald R. Hawting
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0415240727

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The First Dynasty of Islam by Gerald R. Hawting Pdf

The standard work on this complex period in Arab history is available once again with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the field.

Author : Hugh N. Kennedy
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015038892009

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The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates by Hugh N. Kennedy Pdf

Dr Kennedy gives a full and clear account of the Near East in the formative period of Islamic society. Beginning with the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islam, he goes on to examine the great Arab conquests and the golden age of Islam from the eighth to the tenth centuries. The book closes with the period of political fragmentation in the tenth and eleventh centuries when the early unity was lost, never to be recovered.

Author : Anwar G. Chejne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Caliphate
ISBN : UCAL:$B109564

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Succession to the Rule in Islam by Anwar G. Chejne Pdf

Author : Guy Le Strange
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1022560522

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Baghdad During The Abbasid Caliphate by Guy Le Strange Pdf

A pioneering work of historical scholarship by renowned Arabist Guy Le Strange, drawing on a wide variety of Arabic and Persian sources to explore the political, cultural, and social history of Baghdad under the Abbasid caliphs. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 945 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004513372

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Baghdād by Anonim Pdf

Baghdād: From its Beginnings to the 14th Century offers an exhaustive handbook that covers all possible themes connected to the history of this urban complex in Iraq, from its origins rooted in late antique Mesopotamia up to the aftermath of the Mongol invasion in 1258. Against the common perception of a city founded 762 in a vacuum, which, after experiencing a heyday in a mythical “golden age” under the early ʿAbbāsids, entered since 900 a long period of decline that ended with a complete collapse by savage people from the East in 1258, the volume emphasizes the continuity of Baghdād’s urban life, and shows how it was marked by its destiny as caliphal seat and cultural hub. Contributors Mehmetcan Akpınar, Nuha Alshaar, Pavel Basharin, David Bennett, Michal Biran, Richard W. Bulliet, Kirill Dmitriev, Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst, Hend Gilli-Elewy, Beatrice Gruendler, Sebastian Günther, Olof Heilo, Damien Janos, Christopher Melchert, Michael Morony, Bernard O’Kane, Klaus Oschema, Letizia Osti, Parvaneh Pourshariati, Vanessa van Renterghem, Jens Scheiner, Angela Schottenhammer, Y. Zvi Stampfer, Johannes Thomann, Isabel Toral.

Author : Tayeb El-Hibri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107183247

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The Abbasid Caliphate by Tayeb El-Hibri Pdf

A history of the Abbasid Caliphate from its foundation in 750 and golden age under Harun al-Rashid to the conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, this study examines the Caliphate as an empire and an institution, and its imprint on the society and culture of classical Islamic civilization.

Author : F. Matthew Caswell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857720085

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The Slave Girls of Baghdad by F. Matthew Caswell Pdf

The history of courtesans and slave girls in the medieval Arab world transcends traditional boundaries of study and opens up new fields of sociological and cultural enquiry. In the process it offers a remarkably rich source of historical and cultural information on medieval Islam. 'The Slave Girls of Baghdad' explores the origins, education and art of the 'qiyan' - indentured girls and women who entertained and entranced the caliphs and aristocrats who worked the labyinths of power throughout the Abbasid Empire. In a detailed analysis of Islamic law, historical sources and poetry, F. Matthew Caswell examines the qiyans' unique place in the society of ninth-century Baghdad, providing an insightful and comprehensive cultural overview of an elusive and little understood institution. This important history will be essential reading for all those concerned with the history of slavery and its morality, culture and importance in the early Islamic era.

Author : Hugh Kennedy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134531134

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The Armies of the Caliphs by Hugh Kennedy Pdf

The first major study of the relationship between army and society in the early Islamic period, which reveals the pivotal role of the military in politics and offers a timely reassessment of the early Islamic State.