Alain George is I.M. Pei Professor of Islam Art and Architecture at the University of Oxford. He has previously taught at the University of Edinburgh. In 2010, he was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize for his research. He is the author of The Rise of Islamic Calligraphy (2010) and of numerous articles on Qur'anic manuscripts, Arabic illustrated books and the arts in early Islam.Andrew Marsham is Reader in Classical Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge and formerly Head of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Rituals of Islamic Monarchy: Accession and Succession in the First Muslim Empire and a number of book chapters and articles on the early history and historiography of Islam and its Late Antique context.

The book offers both important novel research and an overview of some of the main themes of wider research into the Umayyad era.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction Chapter 1: "God's Caliph" Revisited Andrew MarshamChapter 2: Paradise and Empire Alain GeorgeChapter 3: A Qur'anic Script from Umayyad Times François Déroche Chapter 4: Hisham's Balancing Act Robert HillenbrandChapter 5: Khanasira and Andarin in the Umayyad Period and a New Arabic Tax Document Robert G. HoylandChapter 6: Two Possible Caliphal Representations from Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi and their Implication for the History of the Site Denis GenequandChapter 7: Umayyad Palace Iconography Nadia Ali and Mattia GuidettiChapter 8: Christians in Umayyad Iraq Philip WoodChapter 9: The Future of the Past Antoine BorrutChapter 10: Caliphs and Conquerors Nicola ClarkeChapter 11: The Umayyads in Contemporary Arab TV Drama Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen ReferencesIndex

Alain George is I.M. Pei Professor of Islam Art and Architecture at the University of Oxford. He has previously taught at the University of Edinburgh. In 2010, he was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize for his research. He is the author of The Rise of Islamic Calligraphy (2010) and of numerous articles on Qur'anic manuscripts, Arabic illustrated books and the arts in early Islam.Andrew Marsham is Reader in Classical Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge and formerly Head of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Rituals of Islamic Monarchy: Accession and Succession in the First Muslim Empire and a number of book chapters and articles on the early history and historiography of Islam and its Late Antique context.

The book offers both important novel research and an overview of some of the main themes of wider research into the Umayyad era.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction Chapter 1: "God's Caliph" Revisited Andrew MarshamChapter 2: Paradise and Empire Alain GeorgeChapter 3: A Qur'anic Script from Umayyad Times François Déroche Chapter 4: Hisham's Balancing Act Robert HillenbrandChapter 5: Khanasira and Andarin in the Umayyad Period and a New Arabic Tax Document Robert G. HoylandChapter 6: Two Possible Caliphal Representations from Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi and their Implication for the History of the Site Denis GenequandChapter 7: Umayyad Palace Iconography Nadia Ali and Mattia GuidettiChapter 8: Christians in Umayyad Iraq Philip WoodChapter 9: The Future of the Past Antoine BorrutChapter 10: Caliphs and Conquerors Nicola ClarkeChapter 11: The Umayyads in Contemporary Arab TV Drama Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen ReferencesIndex

Alain George is I.M. Pei Professor of Islam Art and Architecture at the University of Oxford. He has previously taught at the University of Edinburgh. In 2010, he was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize for his research. He is the author of The Rise of Islamic Calligraphy (2010) and of numerous articles on Qur'anic manuscripts, Arabic illustrated books and the arts in early Islam.Andrew Marsham is Reader in Classical Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge and formerly Head of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Rituals of Islamic Monarchy: Accession and Succession in the First Muslim Empire and a number of book chapters and articles on the early history and historiography of Islam and its Late Antique context.

The book offers both important novel research and an overview of some of the main themes of wider research into the Umayyad era.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction Chapter 1: "God's Caliph" Revisited Andrew MarshamChapter 2: Paradise and Empire Alain GeorgeChapter 3: A Qur'anic Script from Umayyad Times François Déroche Chapter 4: Hisham's Balancing Act Robert HillenbrandChapter 5: Khanasira and Andarin in the Umayyad Period and a New Arabic Tax Document Robert G. HoylandChapter 6: Two Possible Caliphal Representations from Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi and their Implication for the History of the Site Denis GenequandChapter 7: Umayyad Palace Iconography Nadia Ali and Mattia GuidettiChapter 8: Christians in Umayyad Iraq Philip WoodChapter 9: The Future of the Past Antoine BorrutChapter 10: Caliphs and Conquerors Nicola ClarkeChapter 11: The Umayyads in Contemporary Arab TV Drama Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen ReferencesIndex