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When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world: the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty

When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world: the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty
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ISBN 0306814803
9780306814808
Author Kennedy, Hugh (Hugh N.)
Title When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world : the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty / by Hugh Kennedy
Publisher Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2006
Physical desc. xxv, [1], 326 p., [16] p. of plates ; ill., geneal. table, maps ; 23 cm.
Note "First published in the United Kingdom as The Court of the Caliphs" -- t.p. verso.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-316) and index
Contents 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.
Subject Abbasids
Islam -- History
Baghdad (Iraq) -- History
Islamic Empire -- History -- 661-750
Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258
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