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The Prophet and the age of the caliphates : the Islamic Near East from the sixth to the eleventh century / Hugh Kennedy.

By: Kennedy, Hugh (Hugh N.)Material type: TextTextSeries: History of the Near EastPublication details: Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson/Longman, 2004. Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 419 p. : maps, geneal. tables ; 24 cmISBN: 0582405254 (pbk.)Subject(s): Islamic Empire -- History -- 622-750 | Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258DDC classification: 956.013
Contents:
The matrix of the Muslim world : the Near East in the early seventeenth century -- The birth of the Islamic state -- Conquest and division in the time of the Rāshidūn Caliphs -- The Umayyad Caliphate -- The early ʻAbbasid Caliphate -- The middle ʻAbbasid Caliphate -- The structure of politics in the Muslim Commonwealth -- The Buyid Confederation -- The Kurds -- The Hamdanids -- Bedouin political movements and dynasties -- Early Islamic Egypt and the Fatimid Empire.
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Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-392) and index.

The matrix of the Muslim world : the Near East in the early seventeenth century -- The birth of the Islamic state -- Conquest and division in the time of the Rāshidūn Caliphs -- The Umayyad Caliphate -- The early ʻAbbasid Caliphate -- The middle ʻAbbasid Caliphate -- The structure of politics in the Muslim Commonwealth -- The Buyid Confederation -- The Kurds -- The Hamdanids -- Bedouin political movements and dynasties -- Early Islamic Egypt and the Fatimid Empire.