Empire and Elites after the Muslim Conquest

The Transformation of Northern Mesopotamia

AvChase F. Robinson,David Morgan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

The study of early Islamic historical tradition has flourished with the emergence of an innovative scholarship no longer dependent on more traditional narratival approaches. Chase Robinson's book, first published in 2000, takes full account of the research available and interweaves history and historiography to interpret the political, social and economic transformations in the Mesopotamian region after the Islamic conquests. Using Arabic and Syriac sources to elaborate his argument, the author focuses on the Muslim and Christian élites, demonstrating that the immediate effects of the conquests were in fact modest ones. Significant social change took place only at the end of the seventh century with the imposition of Marwanid rule. Even then, the author argues, social power was diffused in the hands of local élites. This is a sophisticated study in a burgeoning field in Islamic studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-12-21
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:500 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521781152

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Mellanösterns historia inom Historia och arkeologi

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Chase F. Robinson is Lecturer in Islamic History at the University of Oxford.

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'This book is an excellent contribution to early Islamic history. By concentrating on a small area, almost a microcosm, which has a particularly rich historiographical tradition, Robinson has made a major contribution to our understanding of the more general processes of the formation of the Islamic state.' History

Innehållsförteckning

Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Note on dates and citations; Map: the fertile crescent in the early Abbasid period; 1. Conquest history and its uses; 2. The seventh-century Jazira; 3. From garrison to city: the birth of Mosul; 4. A Christian élites in the Mosuli hinterland: the shaharija; 5. Islam in the north: Jaziran Kharijism; 6. Massacre and narrative: the Abbasid Revolution in Mosul I; 7. Massacre and élite politics: the Abbasid Revolution in Mosul II; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.