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Books on: Umayyad Caliphate

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The First Dynasty of Islam: The Umayyad Caliphate AD 661-750

Book by G. R. Hawting; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Islamic Empire--History--661-750

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Gerald Hawting's book has long been acknowledged as the standard introductory survey of this complex period in Arab and Islamic history. Now it is once more made available, with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the ...
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Gerald Hawting's book has long been acknowledged as the standard introductory survey of this complex period in Arab and Islamic history. Now it is once more made available, with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the field. It is certain to be welcomed by students and academics alike.
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The First Dynasty of Islam: The Umayyad Caliphate A.D. 661-750

Book by G. R. Hawting; Southern Illinois University Press, 1987

Subjects:

Islamic Empire--History--661-750

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Dynasty of ISLAM The Umayyad Caliphate AD 661-750 G. R. HAWTING...Chapter 8 The Overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate 104...only did it give rise to the Umayyad caliphate, it is traditionally regarded...
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Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography: Harun Al-Rashid and the Narrative of the Abbasid Caliphate

Book by Tayeb El-Hibri; Cambridge University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Harun Al-Rashid--Caliph--Ca. 763-809, Islamic Empire--History--750-1258--Historiography

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

The reigns of the caliph Harun al-Rashid and his successor al-Ma'mun have long been viewed as the golden age of the medieval Islamic caliphate. Yet how did chroniclers represent this crucial period? Tayeb El-Hibri's book applies a new literary-critical reading to the sources to demonstrate how ...
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The reigns of the caliph Harun al-Rashid and his successor al-Ma'mun have long been viewed as the golden age of the medieval Islamic caliphate. Yet how did chroniclers represent this crucial period? Tayeb El-Hibri's book applies a new literary-critical reading to the sources to demonstrate how medieval narrators devised various elusive ways of shedding light on controversial religious, political and social issues, while ostensibly presenting a history loyal to the 'Abbasid dynasty. This is an important book that represents a landmark in the field of early Islamic historiography.
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The Armies of the Caliphs: Military and Society in the Early Islamic State

Book by Hugh Kennedy; Routledge, 2001

Subjects:

Civil-Military Relations--Islamic Empire, Islamic Empire--Social Life And Customs

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

The Armies of the Caliphs is the first major study of the relationship between army and society in the early Islamic period, and reveals the pivotal role of the military in politics.Through a thorough examination of recruitment, payment, weaponry and fortifications in the armies, The Armies of the ...
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The Armies of the Caliphs is the first major study of the relationship between army and society in the early Islamic period, and reveals the pivotal role of the military in politics.Through a thorough examination of recruitment, payment, weaponry and fortifications in the armies, The Armies of the Caliphs offers the most comprehensive view to date of how the early Muslim Empire grew to control so many people. Using Arabic chronicles, surviving documents, and archaeological evidence, this book analyzes the military and the face of battle, and offers a timely reassessment of the early Islamic State.
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History of the Arabs: From the Earliest Times to the Present

Book by Philip K. Hitti; Macmillan, 1951

Subjects:

Arabian Peninsula--History, Arabs, Civilization, Arab, Islamic Empire--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...great caliphates--The caliphate, a pre-eminently political...PART III THE UMAYYAD AND ABBASID EMPIRES...CHAPTER XVII THE UMAYYAD CALIPHATE: MU AWIYAH ESTABLISHES...CHAPTER XXXVII THE UMAYYAD CALIPHATE OF CORDOVA...

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Journal Articles on: Umayyad Caliphate

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Religious Inquisition as Social Policy: The Persecution of the 'Zanadiqa' in the Early Abbasid Caliphate

Journal article by Mahmood Ibrahim; Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), Vol. 16, 1994

Subjects:

Islam--History, Religion and politics--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...expanded throughout the Caliphate.(2) After nearly a century of Umayyad rule, the Abbasids...latter part of the Umayyad Caliphate. The Umayyads distinguished...Muslims in the Abbasid Caliphate. To clearly identify...with that of the Umayyad period when non...
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The History and Architecture of Damascus

Journal article; Architectural Science Review, Vol. 48, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Product introduction

Collections: History, Entire Library

...it became the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate which stretched in the west...Mosque, which it still is. The Umayyad Caliphate was a tolerant regime which...a Caliphate in Baghdad. The Umayyad caliphate survived in Spain and North...
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ABU MUSLIM'S CONQUEST OF KHURASAN: PRELIMINARIES AND STRATEGY IN A CONFUSING PASSAGE OF THE AKHBAR AL-DAWLAH AL-[ABBASIYYAH.Sup.[Subset]]

Journal article by Saleh Said Agha; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 120, 2000

Subjects:

Historical lexicology--Research, Iran--History, Military strategy--Analysis, Revolutions--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...which was hitherto the mainstay of Umayyad studies. What accrues from a careful...Farouk Omar, The abbasid.sup.subset Caliphate, 132/750-170/786 (Baghdad: The...ibn Muhammad: The Passing of the Umayyad Caliphate" Ph.D. diss., Harvard Univ., 1939...
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Between Cult and Culture: Bamiyan, Islamic Iconoclasm, and the Museum

Journal article by Finbarr Barry Flood; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 84, 2002

Subjects:

Art--Political aspects, Art--Social aspects, Bamiyan, Afghanistan--Social aspects, Buddhists--Social aspects, Culture conflict--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Culture conflict--Social aspects, Freedom and art--Political aspects, Freedom and art--Social aspects, Museums--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Museums--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the epigraphic issues of the Umayyad caliphate establishing an enduring precedent...Janina M. Safran, The Second Umayyad Caliphate (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University...Strange. Time Lands of the Eastern Caliphate (Cambridge: Cambridge University...
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Arabs, Persians, and the Advent of the Abbasids Reconsidered

Journal article by Elton L. Daniel; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 117, 1997

Subjects:

Islamic literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Middle East--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Literature, Entire Library

...at the end of the volume: the Umayyads were brought down by a combination...of Khurasan, and acquired the caliphate by a combination of sheer force...Agents and Forces that Toppled the Umayyad Caliphate" (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Toronto...

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Magazine Articles on: Umayyad Caliphate

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Islam's First Terrorists: Clive Foss Introduces the Kharijites, a Radical Sect from the First Century of Islam Based in Southern Iraq and Iran, Who Adopted an Extreme Interpretation of the Koran, Ruthless Tactics and Opposed Hereditary Political Leadership. after Causing Centuries of Problems to the Caliphate, They Survive in a Quietist Form in East Africa and Oman

Magazine article by Clive Foss; History Today, Vol. 57, December 2007

Subjects:

Ideology--History, Ideology--Political aspects, Islamic militants--History, Kharijites--History, Kharijites--Military aspects, Political ideologies--History, Terrorists--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...thoroughly that the Caliphate enjoyed a half-century...Kharijite troubles. When Umayyad power began to break...that would destroy the Umayyad caliphate and lead to a universal...al-Ameer Dixon, The Umayyad Caliphate (S. Illinois University...
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Religion by the Sword: In the Century Following the Death of Muhammad, the Religion of Islam Formed the Basis for the Rapid Conquest of the Christian Lands of Europe, North Africa, and the near East

Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 23, September 3, 2007

Subjects:

Franks--Evaluation, French history, to 987, Islam and politics, Islam--Evaluation, Islam--France, Islam--Saudi Arabia, Muhammad--Evaluation, Prophets--Evaluation

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...palace. The leader of the Umayyad Caliphate, the Empire of Islam, ruled...Constantinople. To that end, the Umayyad Caliphate, rulers of the Islamic...leadership of the Abbasid Caliphate, the successors to the Umayyads, did make many important...
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Mare Nostrum: Tom Bowers Sees the Launch of a New EU-Backed Website as a Positive Force in Bridging Cultural and Historical Divisions

Magazine article by Tom Bowers; History Today, Vol. 57, July 2007

Subjects:

European Union--Powers and duties, Web sites (World Wide Web)--Service introduction, Web sites--Service introduction

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the past. The website, translated into eight different languages, concentrates on Mediterranean heritage from the Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus in as) 661 (an 41) up to 1922 (an 1340) and the fall of the Ottomans. The aim of the project is to...
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Jordan: Situated on the Eastern Limits of the Levant, Jordan Is a Fledgling Country in an Ancient Land. Its Modern Borders Encompass Biblical Kingdoms, Roman Provinces and Great Hill Cities Dating Back to Civilisation's Early Days-All Set in Some of the Most Spectacular Scenery in the Middle East. Jo Bourne Profiles This Archaeological Wonderland

Magazine article by Jo Bourne; Geographical, Vol. 75, October 2003

Subjects:

Amman, Jordan (City)--Buildings, facilities, etc., Amman, Jordan (City)--Description and travel, Dead Sea--Description and travel, Historic sites--Appreciation, Jordan--Description and travel, Jordan--History, Jordan--Political aspects, Jordan--Statistics, Petra (Ancient city)--Buildings, facilities, etc., Petra (Ancient city)--Description and travel, Travel research

Collections: Entire Library

...and the silhouettes of the vast Umayyad palace (dating from the eighth...black band represents the Abbassid Caliphate of Islam, the white the Umayyad Caliphate of Islam and the green the Fatimid Caliphate of Islam. The triangle represent...
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The English-Speaking Century

Magazine article by Keith Windschuttle; New Criterion, Vol. 25, February 2007

Subjects:

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900 (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...world history as the victories of the ancient Greeks over Persia, of Rome over Carthage, and of the Franks over the Umayyad Caliphate. Moreover, military triumph has been complemented by economic success. The policies of free-trade liberalism, which...

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Newspaper Articles on: Umayyad Caliphate

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Displays of Devotion; Pilgrimage to Holy City of Karbala Marks New Freedom for Iraqi Shi'ites

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 21, 2003

Subjects:

Hussein, Saddam

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...to mark the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the prophet Muhammads grandson who was beheaded in 680 after battling the Umayyad caliphate - showed only a few signs of anti-American or anti-Western sentiment. Many carried portraits of the martyred religious...

Encyclopedia Articles on: Umayyad Caliphate

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Umayyad

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Arabia), led by Abdallah ibn az-Zubayr. With his death, the caliphate was transfered to the Marwanid branch of the Banu Ummaya...ar-Rahman ad-Dakhil, was able to reach Cordoba and to reestablish Umayyad rule (780 1031) in Muslim Spain. See G. R. Hawting, The...
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Caliphate

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

CALIPHATE kal ifat , -fit, the rulership of Islam; caliph...death, Muawiya became caliph and founded the Umayyad dynasty (661 750), chiefly by force of arms. Its...Abbasid dynasty (749 1258) is sometimes called the caliphate of Baghdad. One Umayyad, Abd ar-Rahman I , escaped the general massacre...
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Egypt

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...into warring states. Under the Umayyad caliphate many of the people continued...predominant language. The Abbasid caliphate (founded c.750) at first held...the Fatimid claimants to the caliphate, who invaded from the west. The...
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Abbasid

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Muhammad. The Abbasids held the caliphate from 749 to 1258, but they...787) W of Egypt. Under the Umayyad caliphs the Abbasids lived...member fled to Spain, where the Umayyads came to rule. Under the second...were rival caliphs (see caliphate ). In 836 the capital was...
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Abu Al-Abbas As-Saffah

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...as-safa , d. 754, 1st Abbasid caliph (749 54). Raised to the caliphate by the armed might of Abu Muslim , he took the reign name as-Saffah shedder of blood. Most of the Umayyad family was exterminated, and the reign was one of massacre and...

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