Bibliograph

When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world, the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty, Hugh Kennedy

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When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world, the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty, Hugh Kennedy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-316) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsphotographs

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

57480499

Responsibility statement

Hugh Kennedy

Sub title

the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty

Table Of Contents

Revolution -- Mansyr and his legacy -- Hr̋yn al-Rashd: the golden prime -- The war between the brothers -- Poetry and power at the early Abbasid Court -- Landscape with palaces -- The Harem -- Ma'myn to Mutawwakil -- Abbasid Court culture -- High noon in Sm̋arr.̋

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