Meadows of Gold - The Abbasids

Informationen zum Autor Mas'udi . Translated and Edited by Paul Lunde and Caroline Stone. Klappentext First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung First published in 1989. Mas'udi was born in Baghdad about 896 AD, during the Caliphate of Mu'tadid and died in Egypt sometime around the year 956, eleven years after the Buwaihids, a Shi'a dynasty of Iranian origin, had occupied Baghdad and taken control of the Caliphate. His full name was Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husain ibn Ali ibn Abd Allah al-Mas'udi and he was notable as a Muslim historian. His two major works wereMeadows of Gold (Muruj al-Dhahab) and the Book of Notification (Kitab al-Tanbih). Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 Abu Ja'far Mansur; Chapter 2 A Conversation With the King of Nubia; Chapter 3 Loyalty to Hisham; Chapter 4 In the Audience Hall; Chapter 5 The Death of Mansur; Chapter 6 The Character of Mansur; Chapter 7 The Caliphate of Mahdi; Chapter 8 Mahdi and the Qadi; Chapter 9 Mahdi and the Peasant; Chapter 10 Mahdi and the Bedouin; Chapter 11 Mahdi and the Treasurer; Chapter 12 The Wheel of Fortune; Chapter 13 Unrequited Love; Chapter 14 An Amusing Story About the King of Hira; Chapter 15 The Last Days of Mahdi; Chapter 16 The Character of Hadi; Chapter 17 Isa Ibn Da'b; Chapter 18 Revenge; Chapter 19 The Death of the Great-Great-Great Grandson of the Prophet; Chapter 20 The Fall of Khaizuran; Chapter 21 Blood Feuds; Chapter 22 The Climate of Egypt; Chapter 23 Basra Versus Kufa; Chapter 24 Harun Al-Rashid and the Death of Hadi; Chapter 25 The Dream of Mahdi; Chapter 26 The Sword Samsama; Chapter 27 The Accession of Harun Al-Rashid; Chapter 28 Sheep's Head; Chapter 29 A Qadi's Interpretation; Chapter 30 The Last Pilgrimage of Harun Al-Rashid; Chapter 31 Doctor Jabra'il and a Fish; Chapter 32 The Dream of Harun Al-Rashid; Chapter 33 A Black and a Song; Chapter 34 Poem on a Dove; Chapter 35 Ma'n Ibn Za'ida; Chapter 36 Amin and Ma'mun as Children; Chapter 37 The Education of Amin; Chapter 38 Amin and Ma'mun; Chapter 39 The Succession; Chapter 40 Zubaida's Opinion; Chapter 41 Rashid's Pilgrimage With His Sons; Chapter 42 The Devil's Song; Chapter 43 A Hard-won Song; Chapter 44 Horse-Racing at Raqqa; Chapter 45 Fish Tongues; Chapter 46 The Name Ibrahim; Chapter 47 Bamboo and Reed; Chapter 48 The Death of Harun Al-Rashid; Chapter 49 Khalid Ibn Barmak and His Sons; Chapter 50 The Barmakids; Chapter 51 The Advice of Yahya; Chapter 52 Harun Al-Rashid and the Singing Girl; Chapter 53 The Avarice of Asma'i; Chapter 54 A Poet on Rashid and Ja'far Ibn Yahya; Chapter 55 On Love; Chapter 56 The Fall of the Barmakids; Chapter 57 The Murder of Ja'far Al-Barmaki; Chapter 58 Elegies on the Barmakids; Chapter 59 The Mother of Ja'far; Chapter 60 The Wealth of the Barmakids; Chapter 61 Fadl in Prison; Chapter 62 Miscellaneous on Rashid and the Barmakids; Chapter 63 The Caliphate of Amin; Chapter 64 The Dreams of Zubaida; Chapter 65 Trouble Between Amin and Ma'mun; Chapter 66 The Jealousy of Zubaida; Chapter 67 Ill-Omens for Amin; Chapter 68 Amin's Beloved; Chapter 69 The Frivolity of Amin; Chapter 70 Amin and the Lion; Chapter 71 The Birth of Musa Al-Hadi; Chapter 72 Miscellaneous Anecdotes; Chapter 73 The Palace of Manbij; Chapter 74 Musa Declared Heir Apparent; Chapter 75 Rebellion; Chapter 76 Amin in Retreat; Chapter 77 Baghdad Besieged; Chapter 78 The Naked Army; Chapter 79 Baghdad in Flames; Chapter 80 Resistance; Chapter 81 Famine; Chapter 82 Amin at Bay; Chapter 83 The Death of Amin; Chapter 84 An Eye-Witness Account; Chapter 85 Amin's Head; Chapter 86 The Laments of the Women; Chapter 87 The Caliphate of Ma'mun; Chapter 88 Sayings of Ma'mun; Chapter 89 Ma'mun's Wedding Speech; Chapter 90 Ma'mun and the Sponger; Chapter 91 The Caliph and the Poet; Chapter 92 Kulthum Al-Attabi; Chapter 93 Professionally Unlucky; Chapter 94 Abu Al-Atahiya; Chapter 95 The Caliph's Cooking; C...

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• Authors: Masudi
• Publisher: KEGAN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.01.1989
• EAN: 9780710302465
• ISBN: 978-0-7103-0246-5
• No. of pages: 470
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)