Umayyad legacies : medieval memories from Syria to Spain /

Umayyad legacies : medieval memories from Syria to Spain /

The Umayyads, the first dynasty of Islam, ruled over a vast empire from their central province of Syria, providing a line of caliphs from 661 to 750. Another branch later ruled in al-Andalus - Islamic Spain - from 756 to 1031, ruling first as emirs and then as caliphs themselves. This book is the fi...

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Corporate Authors: Institut français du Proche-Orient., University of Notre Dame. Medieval Institute.

Other Authors: Borrut, Antoine., Cobb, Paul M., 1967-

Format: eBook

Language: English
French
Spanish

Published: Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Series: Islamic History and Civilization 80.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004223059.

Subjects:

Umayyad dynasty > Congresses.
Syria > History > 634-750 > Congresses.
Islamic Empire > History > 661-750 > Congresses.
Islamic Empire > History > 750-1258 > Congresses.
Spain > History > 711-1516 > Congresses.

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Call Number: DP107 .U63 2010

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Summary:The Umayyads, the first dynasty of Islam, ruled over a vast empire from their central province of Syria, providing a line of caliphs from 661 to 750. Another branch later ruled in al-Andalus - Islamic Spain - from 756 to 1031, ruling first as emirs and then as caliphs themselves. This book is the first to bring together studies of this far-flung family and treat it not as two unrelated caliphates but as a single enterprise. Yet for all that historians have made note of Umayyad accomplishments in the Near East and al-Andalus, Umayyad legacies - what later generations made of these caliphs and their achievements - are poorly understood. Building on new interest in the study of memory and Islamic historiography and including interdisciplinary perspectives from Arabic literature, art, and archaeology, this book highlights Umayyad achievements and the shaping of our knowledge of the Umayyad past.
Item Description:Includes selected papers from a conference organized by the Institut français du Proche-Orient (IFPO) and the University of Notre Dame's Medieval Institute held in Damascus, Syria, June 29-July 2, 2006.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004190986
ISSN:0929-2403 ;
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