10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABBASID»
Discover the use of
Abbasid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Abbasid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Religion, Learning and Science in the '
Abbasid Period
Writings in learned subjects from the period eighth to thirteenth centuries, AD.
M. J. L. Young, J. D. Latham, R. B. Serjeant, 2006
This volume covers artistic prose and poetry produced in the 'Abbasid empire from the mid-eighth to the thirteenth centuries AD.
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Baghdad During the
Abbasid Caliphate
(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1900.
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The Great Caliphs: The Golden Age of the '
Abbasid Empire
The Great Caliphs shows what a huge debt Europe in fact owes to its former Muslim rulers.
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Christian Arabic apologetics during the
Abbasid period: (750 ...
This collection of papers deals with a much-neglected experience of Arabic Christian writings at a time when Muslim and Christian thinkers were engaged in a lively intellectual encounter, which left deep marks on both parties.
Khalil Samir Samir, Jørgen S. Nielsen, 1994
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A Poet of the
Abbasid Period: Abu Al-Qasim Al-Zahi ('Ali B. ...
The book's second part consists of a scholarly analysis of the poems which have survived in various traditional collections. There are fifty-four poems with three-hundred-and-seven verses in total.
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The History of al-Tabari Vol. 27: The '
Abbasid Revolution ...
Sayyar al-Laythi, to his death and were advancing westward. This volume tells of the end of the Umayyad caliphate, the Abbasid Revolution, and the establishment of the new dynasty.
John Alden Williams, 1990
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Putting the Caliph in His Place: Power, Authority, and the ...
Modern scholars have often viewed the Abbasid caliphs of the eleventh and twelfth centuries as pale imitations of their eighth- and ninth-century ancestors.
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White Banners: Contention in '
Abbasid Syria, 750-880
Examines the fall of the Syrian Umayyad caliphate and the rise of the 'Abbasid state, predominantly from the view of the local inhabitants of medieval Syria.
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The History of al-Tabari Vol. 30: The '
Abbasid Caliphate in ...
The 26th volume, covering 738-745, traces the moral and political decline of the ruling Umayyads, the growing rebellions, and the rise of Marwan II, whose death was to mark the dynasty's overthrow by the Abbasids.
Ṭabarī, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, 1989
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABBASID»
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Abbasid is used in the context of the following news items.
Hugh Roberts
The original Mamluks were the slave soldiers employed by the Abbasid dynasty from the late ninth century onwards. Dynasties established on the basis of ... «London Review of Books, Jul 15»
Dining with Darius
In 762, the second caliph of the Abbasid Dynasty founded Baghdad. He modified the Persian culinary tradition to fit the gradually emerging ... «ABOUT US EDITOR'S NOTE About Us The Cairo Review of, Jul 15»
Dark Geopolitics of the Middle East
During Islam's Golden Age, scholars from around the world would gather in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid ... «ABOUT US EDITOR'S NOTE About Us The Cairo Review of, Jul 15»
Rana Al-Kadi: Preserving Islamic history, one structure at a time
... to study at some of the best universities constructed during the Abbasid Caliphate, the first Umayyad Caliphate and the second in Cordoba. «Arab News, Jun 15»
MOCAfest Alumni Spotlight: Beatriz Martinez González
Umayyad art, with its striking and vibrant eclecticism, can be considered a continuation of Late Antique art, for when the Abbasid Dynasty came ... «Aquila Style, Jun 15»
Internal conflicts ruins historical heritage of the Middle East
The library contained hand-written manuscripts dating back to the Ottoman Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate. Moreover, ISIS also planted ... «Daily Sabah, Jun 15»
Another Treasure Lost in Iraq: The Story of Mar Behnam Monastery
... alongside arches, niches, and arabesques in fine Abbasid style. According to French scholar J.M. Fiey, “Among collections in situ of sculpture ... «Hyperallergic, Jun 15»
Holy relics await visitors in Istanbul during Ramadan
In the museum garden, a replica of a globe featuring a world map prepared upon the order of Abbasid caliph al-Mamoun in the ninth century ... «Daily Sabah, Jun 15»
Clintons, Bushes, Blackhawks. You call those dynasties?
The Abbasid caliphs ruled Baghdad for more than half a millennium. It seems to me that we do those great houses a disservice when we use ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
Stephen L. Carter: The word 'dynasty' doesn't mean much today
Outside of China, the Sassanid dynasty reigned over the Persian Empire for well over 400 years. The Abbasid caliphs ruled Baghdad for more ... «Bradenton Herald, Jun 15»
