From Arabian tribes to Islamic Empire: army, state and society in the Near East c. 600 - 850
Introduction -- The Arabian background -- The tribe and the state -- Tribes and states in the Middle East -- The first-century concept of hiǧra -- The later evolution -- Were the Qays and Yemen of the Umayyad period political parties? -- A note on Muqātil b. Ḥayyan and Muqātil b. Sulaymān -- The sig...
| Summary: | Introduction -- The Arabian background -- The tribe and the state -- Tribes and states in the Middle East -- The first-century concept of hiǧra -- The later evolution -- Were the Qays and Yemen of the Umayyad period political parties? -- A note on Muqātil b. Ḥayyan and Muqātil b. Sulaymān -- The significance of wooden weapons in al-Mukhtār's revolt and the ʻAbbāsid revolution -- On the meaning of the ʻAbbāsid call to al-Riḍā -- The ʻAbbāsid Abnāʼ and Sāsānid cavalrymen -- The early Islamic world -- The pay of client soldiers in the Umayyad period -- Mawālī and the prophet's family : an early Shīʻite view -- Imperial trauma : the case of the Arabs |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. - 10-stellige ISBN nicht in der Vorlage |
| ISBN: | 0754659259 |