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. - First De Capo Press paperback edition. - xxv, 326 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table, maps ; 24 cm.
Originally published in the United Kingdom as The Court of the Caliphs.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-316) and index.
Revolution -- Mansūr and his legacy -- Hārūn al-Rashīd: the golden prime -- The war between the brothers -- Poetry and power at the early Abbasid Court -- Landscape with palaces -- The Harem -- Ma'mūn to Mutawwakil -- Abbasid Court culture -- High noon in Sāmarrā.
0306814803 9780306814808 RM118.00 (PTSL)
Islam--History.
Abbasids.
Baghdad (Iraq)--History.
Islamic Empire--History--661-750.
Islamic Empire--History--750-1258.
956.747
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. - First De Capo Press paperback edition. - xxv, 326 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table, maps ; 24 cm.
Originally published in the United Kingdom as The Court of the Caliphs.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-316) and index.
Revolution -- Mansūr and his legacy -- Hārūn al-Rashīd: the golden prime -- The war between the brothers -- Poetry and power at the early Abbasid Court -- Landscape with palaces -- The Harem -- Ma'mūn to Mutawwakil -- Abbasid Court culture -- High noon in Sāmarrā.
0306814803 9780306814808 RM118.00 (PTSL)
Islam--History.
Abbasids.
Baghdad (Iraq)--History.
Islamic Empire--History--661-750.
Islamic Empire--History--750-1258.
956.747