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When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world : the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty /

Kennedy, Hugh

When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world : the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty / Rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty Hugh Kennedy. - 1st De Capo Press ed. - Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005. - xxv, 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table, maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-316) and index.

Revolution -- MansuÌr and his legacy -- HaÌruÌn al-RashiÌd: the golden prime -- The war between the brothers -- Poetry and power at the early Abbasid Court -- Landscape with palaces -- The Harem -- Ma'muÌn to Mutawwakil -- Abbasid Court culture -- High noon in SaÌmarraÌ.



9780306814358

2006295518

GBA554262 bnb


Abbasids.
Islam--History.


Baghdad (Iraq)--History.
Islamic Empire--History--661-750.
Islamic Empire--History--750-1258.

DS38.6 / .K46 2005

909.0976701 956.747

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