When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world :
Kennedy, Hugh
When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world : the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty / Rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty Hugh Kennedy. - 1st De Capo Press ed. - Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005. - xxv, 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table, maps ; 24 cm.
Originally published in the United Kingdom under as The Court of the Caliphs.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-316) and index.
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.
9780306814358
GBA554262 bnb
013239833 Uk
Abbasids.
Islam--History.
Baghdad (Iraq)--History.
Islamic Empire--History--661-750.
Islamic Empire--History--750-1258.
DS 38.6 / .K463 2005
When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world : the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty / Rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty Hugh Kennedy. - 1st De Capo Press ed. - Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005. - xxv, 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table, maps ; 24 cm.
Originally published in the United Kingdom under as The Court of the Caliphs.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-316) and index.
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.
9780306814358
GBA554262 bnb
013239833 Uk
Abbasids.
Islam--History.
Baghdad (Iraq)--History.
Islamic Empire--History--661-750.
Islamic Empire--History--750-1258.
DS 38.6 / .K463 2005