Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World

Klappentext A fascinating account of the official methods of communication employed in the pre-modern Near East. Zusammenfassung A fascinating account of the official methods of communication employed in the Near East from pre-Islamic times to the Mamluk period. This is a long-awaited contribution to the history of pre-modern communications systems in the Near Eastern world. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Pre-Islamic Background: 1. Pre-Islamic postal systems; Part II. Conquest and Centralisation - The Arabs: 2. al-Bar¿d: the early Islamic postal system; 3. D¿w¿n al-Bar¿d: the Middle Abbasid period; Part III. Conquest and Centralisation - The Mongols: 4. The Mongol Y¿m and its legacy; 5. The Mamluk Bar¿d; Conclusions; Appendix: distances and speeds of the Bar¿d; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Adam J. Silverstein, Adam J. (University of Oxford) Silverstein, Silverstein Adam J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521147613
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14761-3
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic C; Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Islam, HISTORY / Middle East / General, Islamic Studies, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Middle Eastern history, Asian History, Islamic countries