Islamic Umayyad Empire
Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2008 in Antiquities of France, Italian, Greece, Celtic, Indian, European
British Museum - Islamic Art
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The First Dynasty of Islam: The Umayyad Caliphate AD 661-750 $36.50 Gerald Hawting's book has long been acknowledged as the standard introductory survey of this complex period in Arab and Islamic history. Now it is once more made available, with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the field. It is certain to be welcomed by students and academics alike.... |
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The End of the Jihad State: The Reign of Hisham Ibn Abd Al-Malik and the Colla (Suny Series in Medieval Middle East History) $26.80 ... |
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Early Islamic Institutions: Administration and Taxation from the Caliphate to the Umayyads and Abbasids (Contemporary Arab Scholarship in the Social Sciences) $61.81 The rapid expansion of the early Islamic world is conventionally ascribed to a combination of brilliant military leadership and religious fervor. In this book, Abd-Al-Aziz Duri demonstrates how the growth, development, and durability of early Islamic governance derived from highly sophisticated systems of administration (in which the idea of a Muslim ummah was the central feature) as well as effic... |
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