The Abbasid Caliphate
Author: El-Hibri, Tayeb
ISBN: 9781107183247
RM696.07
PublisherCambridge Univ PrPublication DateFormat HardcoverWeight No. of Pages 330
A history of the Abbasid Caliphate from its foundation in 750 and golden age under Harun al-Rashid to the conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, this study examines the Caliphate as an empire and an institution, and its imprint on the society and culture of classical Islamic civilization.
