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When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world : the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty / Hugh Kennedy.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005. Edition: 1st De Capo Press edDescription: xxv, 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table, maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780306814358Other title: Rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynastySubject(s): Abbasids | Islam -- History | Baghdad (Iraq) -- History | Islamic Empire -- History -- 661-750 | Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258DDC classification: 909.0976701 | 956.747 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.