TY - BOOK AU - Kennedy,Hugh AU - Kennedy,Hugh TI - When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world: the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty SN - 0306814803 U1 - 956.747 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Cambridge, MA PB - Da Capo Press KW - Islam KW - History KW - Abbasids KW - Baghdad (Iraq) KW - Islamic Empire KW - 661-750 KW - 750-1258 N1 - 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 ER -