Booktopia - Empire and Elites After the Muslim Conquest, Chase F. Robinson, 9780521028738

Empire and Elites After the Muslim Conquest

By: Chase F. Robinson
Editor: David Morgan

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ISBN: 9780521028738

Format: Paperback
Published: March 2010

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Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Note on dates and citations; Map: the fertile crescent in the early Abbasid period; 1. Conquest history and its uses; 2. The seventh-century Jazira; 3. From garrison to city: the birth of Mosul; 4. A Christian élites in the Mosuli hinterland: the shaharija; 5. Islam in the north: Jaziran Kharijism; 6. Massacre and narrative: the Abbasid Revolution in Mosul I; 7. Massacre and élite politics: the Abbasid Revolution in Mosul II; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.