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Title Caliphate : the history of an idea / Hugh Kennedy.
Author Kennedy, Hugh (Hugh N.), author.
Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [2016]
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Description xxiii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-293) and index.
Contents The first caliphs -- The executive caliphate : the rule of the Umayyads -- The early Abbasid Caliphate -- The culture of the Abbasid Caliphate -- The later Abbasid Caliphate -- Three authors in search of the caliphate -- The caliphate of the Shi'ites -- The Umayyads of Córdoba -- The Almohad caliphs -- The caliphate under the Mamluks and Ottomans -- The twentieth century and beyond.
Subject Caliphate -- History.
Caliphs -- History.
Islamic Empire -- History -- 622-661.
Islamic Empire -- History -- 661-750.
Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258.
Islamic Empire -- Kings and rulers.
Related To Reproduction of (manifestation):
Kennedy, Hugh (Hugh N.). Caliphate [London] : Pelican, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2016 9780141981406.
Online version:
Kennedy, Hugh (Hugh N.). Caliphate First edition. New York : Basic Books, 2016 9780465094394 (DLC) 2016032016.
ISBN 0465094384 (hardcover) : $27.99
9780465094387 (hardcover)
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