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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: Publication details: Harlow, England ; New York, NY : Pearson/Longman, 2004.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 419 p. : geneal. tables, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780582405257 (pbk.) :
  • 0582405254 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS38.5 .K38 2004
Contents:
The matrix of the Muslim world : the Near East in the early seventh century -- The birth of the Islamic state -- Conquest and division in the time of the Raashidun Caliphs -- The Umayyad Caliphate -- The early 'Abbasid Caliphate -- The middle 'Abbasid 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.

Previous ed.: 1986.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-384) and index.

The matrix of the Muslim world : the Near East in the early seventh century -- The birth of the Islamic state -- Conquest and division in the time of the Raashidun Caliphs -- The Umayyad Caliphate -- The early 'Abbasid Caliphate -- The middle 'Abbasid 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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