Kennedy, Hugh, <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> Originally published in the United Kingdom as The Court of the Caliphs. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-316) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0306814803 9780306814808  RM118.00 (PTSL) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islam--History.<br/>Abbasids.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Baghdad (Iraq)--History.<br/>Islamic Empire--History--661-750.<br/>Islamic Empire--History--750-1258.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>956.747