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When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world, the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty, Hugh Kennedy

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When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world, the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty, Hugh Kennedy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index

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illustrationsgenealogical tablesmapsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

60553255

Responsibility statement

Hugh Kennedy

Sub title

the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty

Summary

Presents a history of the Abbasid dynasty, the founders of Baghdad, and discusses the politics, military conquests, court life, palace bureacracy, culture, and arts which characterized the era

Table Of Contents

Revolution -- Mansūr and his legacy -- Hārūn al-Rashīd: the golden prime -- The war between the brothers -- Poetry and power at the early Abbasid Court -- Landscape with palaces -- The Harem -- Ma'mūn to Mutawwakil -- Abbasid Court culture -- High noon in Sāmarrā

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Rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty

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