When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world, the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty, Hugh Kennedy
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When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world, the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty, Hugh Kennedy
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-316) and index
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photographsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world
Oclc number
44907057480499
Responsibility statement
Hugh Kennedy
Sub title
the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty
Summary
Presents a history of the Abbasid dynasty, the founders of Baghdad, and discusses the politics, military conquests, court life, palace bureacracy, culture, and arts which characterized the era
Table Of Contents
Revolution -- Mansur and his legacy -- Harun al-Rashid: the golden prime -- The war between the brothers -- Poetry and power at the early Abbasid Court -- Landscape with palaces -- The Harem -- Ma'mun to Mutawwakil -- Abbasid Court culture -- High noon in Samarra
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