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

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Main Author: Kennedy, Hugh (Author)

Other Authors: Kennedy, Hugh

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005.

Edition: 1st Da Capo Press ed.

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Call Number: DS236 .K46 2005

Table of 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.