Crisis and continuity at the Abbasid court : formal and informal politics in the caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32)

Crisis and continuity at the Abbasid court : formal and informal politics in the caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32) / by Maaike van Berkel, Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Hugh Kennedy and Letizia Osti.

The reign of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32) is a crucial and controversial epoch in the history of the Abbasid empire. Al-Muqtadir's regime has traditionally been depicted as one of decline, when the political power of the caliphate and the lustre of its capital began to crumble. This book not on...

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Main Authors: Berkel, Maaike van (Author), El-Cheikh, Nadia Maria (Author), Kennedy, Hugh (Hugh N.) (Author), Osti, Letizia (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Series:Islamic history and civilization.
Subjects:
Muqtadir Billāh, > Caliph, > 895-932.
Muqtadir Billāh, > Caliph, > 895-932
750-1258
Abbasids.
Abbasid.
HISTORY > World.
Abbasids
Courts and courtiers
Islamic Empire > History > 750-1258.
Islamic Empire > Court and courtiers.
Islamic Empire
History
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