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The Prophet and the age of the Caliphates: the Islamic Near East from the sixth to the eleventh century

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0582405254
ISBN	9780582405257
Author	Kennedy, Hugh (Hugh N.)
Title	The Prophet and the age of the Caliphates : the Islamic Near East from the sixth to the eleventh century / by Hugh Kennedy
Edition	2nd ed.
Publisher	Harlow, England : Pearson Education, 2004
Physical desc.	xiv, [2], 419 p. ; geneal. tables, maps ; 24 cm.
Series	A history of the Near East
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-392) and index
Contents	The matrix of the Muslim world: the Near East in the early seventh century. -- The birth of the Islamic state. -- Conquest and division in the time of the Rāshidūn Caliphs. -- The Umayyad Caliphate. -- The early `Abbasid Caliphate. -- The middle `Abbasid Caliphate. -- The structure of politics in the Muslim Commonwealth. -- The Buyid Confederation. -- The Kurds. -- The Hamdanids. -- Bedouin political movements and dynasties. -- Early Islamic Egypt and the Fatimid Empire. -- Postscript: the coming of the Seljuks.
Subject	Caliphs
	Islamic Empire -- History -- 622-661
	Islamic Empire -- History -- 661-750
	Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258
	Middle East -- History
	Islamic Empire -- Kings and rulers

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