When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty

When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty

ImprintDa Capo Press
PublisherPerseus Books Group
Copyright HolderHugh Kennedy
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
LocationU.S.A.
Copyright2004
Pages / Font326 pages
ISBN 100 306 81480 3
ISBN 13978 0 306 81480 8
ChaptersAcknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Maps Maps Genealogy Timeline Foreword 1. Revolution 2. Mansur and his Legacy 3. Harun al-Rashid: the Golden Prime 4. The War between the Brothers 5. Poetry and Power at the Early Abbasid Court 6. Landscape with Palaces 7. The Harem 8. Ma'mun to Mutawwakil 9. Abbasid Court Culture 10. High Noon in Samarra Notes Bibliography Index
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