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1 online resource (241 pages) |
Series |
Islamic History and Civilization Ser |
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Islamic History and Civilization Ser
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Contents |
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Ê¿Abbasid and Carolingian Dynasties in Comparative Perspective -- Part 1 Political Power -- Inventing the Missi: Delegating Power in the Late Eighth and Early Ninth Centuries -- áıÞasanwayh b. al-áıÞusayn al-Kurdı (r. ca. 350â#x80;#x93;369/ca. 961â#x80;#x93;979): From Freehold Castles to Vassality? -- Part 2 Culture, Ethnicity, and Geography -- The Emperorâ#x80;#x99;s Ass: Hunting for the Asiatic Onager (Equus hemionus) in the Ê¿Abbasid, Byzantine, and Carolingian Worlds -- Ethnicity in the Carolingian Empire |
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Across the Hindűkush of the Ê¿Abbasid PeriodPart 3 Religion -- Columbanus, the Columbanian Tradition and Caesarius -- The Rebel and the Imam: The Uprising of Zayd al-NÄ#x81;r and ShiÊ¿i Leadership Claims -- Final Summation -- Comparing Carolingians and Ê¿Abbasids |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Abbasids.
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Carolingians -- History
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Islamic civilization.
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Abbasid.
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Abbasids
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Carolingians
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Islamic civilization
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9789004353046 |
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9004353046 |
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