History and Politics in Eleventh-Century Baghdad

ISBN-13: 9780860782896 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 320 str.

George Makdisi

Opis

A collection of articles concerned with the growth, topography and local history of Baghdad as one of the principal urban centres of the medieval world and a microcosm of much of the Islamic world at that time. The author develops the theme of authority and power.

Recenzje

'...this collection of Makdisi's articles not only brings together some of his finest work but also offers a highly detailed and nuanced picture of eleventh-century Islamic society in Baghdad'. Carole Hillenbrand, Bulletin of the School of Oriental & African Studies, Volume LVI Part I

Spis treści

Contents: Foreword; The diary in Islamic historiography; Autograph diary of an 11th-century historian of Baghdad; Nouveaux détails sur l'affaire d'Ibn Aqil; The topography of 11th-century Baghdad; Notes on Hilla and the Mazyadids in medieval Islam; The Sunni revival; Les rapports entre calife et sultân à l'époque saljûqide; Authority in the Islamic community; The marriage of Tughril Beg; Addenda and corrigenda; Index.

O autorze

George Makdisi