Empire and Elites After the Muslim Conquest - The Transformation of Northern Mesopotamia

Informationen zum Autor Chase F. Robinson is Lecturer in Islamic History at the University of Oxford. Zusammenfassung First published in 2000! Chase Robinson's book takes account of the research available in early Islamic history! interweaving history and historiography to interpret the political! social and economic transformations in the Mesopotamian region after the Islamic conquests. This is a sophisticated study in a burgeoning field in Islamic studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Note on dates and citations; Map: the fertile crescent in the early Abbasid period; 1. Conquest history and its uses; 2. The seventh-century Jazira; 3. From garrison to city: the birth of Mosul; 4. A Christian élites in the Mosuli hinterland: the shaharija; 5. Islam in the north: Jaziran Kharijism; 6. Massacre and narrative: the Abbasid Revolution in Mosul I; 7. Massacre and élite politics: the Abbasid Revolution in Mosul II; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Chase F. Robinson, Chase F. (University of Oxford) Robinson
• Assisted by: David Morgan (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521028738
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02873-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization; Cambridge Studies in Islamic C
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous