The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 27 - The ʿAbbāsid Revolution A.D. 743-750/A.H. 126-132

By 735 an Arab empire stretched from Arles and Avignon in southern France to the Indus River and Central Asia, and a vital young civilization fostered by a new world religion was taking root. Yet the Muslim conquerors were divided by tribal quarrels, tensions among new converts, and religious revolts. In 745 a vigorous new successor to the Prophet took control in Damascus and began to restore the waning power of the Umayyad dynasty. Marw¿n II's attempts were thwarted, however, by revolts on every hand, even among his own relatives. The main body of dissidents was a well-trained group of revolutionaries in Khurasan, led by the remarkable Abu Muslim. By 748 they had seized control of the province and drive the governor, När ibn Sayy¿r al-L¿ythi, to his death and were advancing westward. This volume tells of the end of the Umayyad caliphate, the ¿Abb¿sid Revolution, and the establishment of the new dynasty.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John A. Williams
• Mitarbeit: John A. Williams (Herausgeber), John Alden Williams (Übersetzung), Williams John Alden (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.07.1990
• EAN: 9780791406250
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-0625-0
• Seiten: 233
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Gewicht: 340 g
• Serien: Suny Near Eastern Studies; SUNY series in Near Eastern Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; HISTORY / Asia / General, Asian History