Author: Tayeb El-Hibri
Publisher:
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Category : Abbasids
Languages : en
Pages : 369
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The Reign of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Ma'mun (811-833)
Author: Tayeb El-Hibri
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abbasids
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abbasids
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
The Regin of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Ma'mun (811-833)
Author: Tayeb El-Hibri
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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Prelude to the Generals
Author: ʻUthmān Sayyid Aḥmad Ismāʻīl Bīlī
Publisher: Garnet & Ithaca Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The son of Al-Rashid of The Arabian Nights and a great grandson of Al-Mansur, founder of Baghdad and the architect of the Abbasid state, Al-Mu'tasim was destined to succeed to the caliphate. Inheriting a troubled and fragmented empire, Al-Mu'tasim was to be the last caliph not only of the illustrious Abbasid dynasty, which could be traced to Abbas, the Prophet Muhammed's uncle, but also the last to exercise such absolute - and inherited - power. Following his reignthe power of the caliph dwindled as various military generals gained the ascendancy. After civil war between Al-Mu'tasim's brothers Al-Amin and Al-Ma'mun divided the caliphate in two, Al-Ma'mun's policy of doctrinal intolerance shook the foundations of the Abbasid Caliphate and further weakened the state. Thus coming to power during a critical period, Al-Mu'tasim also had to contend with serious rebellion at home and a growing threat from Byzantium. His reign was, perhaps inevitably, a military one, and his widely-acknowledged valour and genius as a commander stood him in good stead. His garrison capital, Samarra, on the banks of the Tigris in present-day Iraq, is now a pilgrimage destination for many.
Publisher: Garnet & Ithaca Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The son of Al-Rashid of The Arabian Nights and a great grandson of Al-Mansur, founder of Baghdad and the architect of the Abbasid state, Al-Mu'tasim was destined to succeed to the caliphate. Inheriting a troubled and fragmented empire, Al-Mu'tasim was to be the last caliph not only of the illustrious Abbasid dynasty, which could be traced to Abbas, the Prophet Muhammed's uncle, but also the last to exercise such absolute - and inherited - power. Following his reignthe power of the caliph dwindled as various military generals gained the ascendancy. After civil war between Al-Mu'tasim's brothers Al-Amin and Al-Ma'mun divided the caliphate in two, Al-Ma'mun's policy of doctrinal intolerance shook the foundations of the Abbasid Caliphate and further weakened the state. Thus coming to power during a critical period, Al-Mu'tasim also had to contend with serious rebellion at home and a growing threat from Byzantium. His reign was, perhaps inevitably, a military one, and his widely-acknowledged valour and genius as a commander stood him in good stead. His garrison capital, Samarra, on the banks of the Tigris in present-day Iraq, is now a pilgrimage destination for many.
The History of the Library in Western Civilization: From Constantine the Great to Cardinal Bessarion : imperial, monastic, school and private libraries in the Byzantine world
Author: K. Staikos
Publisher: History of the Library in West
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
-- Vol. 4. "This fourth volume discusses the publishing procedure for secular and religious writings of late antiquity and the factors that led to the impoverishment of the monumental libraries in Rome. New centers of learning grew up in the monasteries, where great libraries containing educational and instructive books and representative works of Christian literature came into being. Monastic libraries were founded throughout Europe, including the regions with Celtic and Anglo-Saxon populations: those at Monte Cassino, Bobbio, St. Gallen, Fulda, Cluny and elsewhere are dealt with extensively. Mention is also made of the libraries founded in universities and of the new philosophy of forming school libraries, as in Bologna and Paris."--Publisher's website.
Publisher: History of the Library in West
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
-- Vol. 4. "This fourth volume discusses the publishing procedure for secular and religious writings of late antiquity and the factors that led to the impoverishment of the monumental libraries in Rome. New centers of learning grew up in the monasteries, where great libraries containing educational and instructive books and representative works of Christian literature came into being. Monastic libraries were founded throughout Europe, including the regions with Celtic and Anglo-Saxon populations: those at Monte Cassino, Bobbio, St. Gallen, Fulda, Cluny and elsewhere are dealt with extensively. Mention is also made of the libraries founded in universities and of the new philosophy of forming school libraries, as in Bologna and Paris."--Publisher's website.
Al-Ma'mun, the Inquisition, and the Quest for Caliphal Authority
Author: John Abdallah Nawas
Publisher: Lockwood Press
ISBN: 1937040569
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The "inquisition" (Mihnah) unleashed by the seventh Abbasid caliph, 'Abdallah al-Ma'mun (r. 813-833), has long attracted the attention of modern scholars of the intellectual, political, and religious history of the early Abbasid era. Because this event, which began in 820 and stretched through the reigns of two of al-Ma'mun's successors, appears at a convergence of prominent currents in systematic theology, rationalist thought, theocratic politics, and nascent trends in Shiism and Sunnism, historians have seen it as the key to a wide array of puzzles and problems in early Islamic history. In this incisive study, John Nawas subjects the various proposed explanations of these events to a sober and searching analysis and, in the process, presents a new interpretation of al-Ma'mun's political and religious policies, contextualized against the background of early Abbasid intellectual and social history. Appended to the volume is a reprint edition of Walter M. Patton's Ahmed ibn Hanbal and the Mihna (Leiden 1897), which still has much that is useful for modern scholarship, including one enormous additional benefit; it contains most of the relevant passages in Arabic from the primary sources.
Publisher: Lockwood Press
ISBN: 1937040569
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The "inquisition" (Mihnah) unleashed by the seventh Abbasid caliph, 'Abdallah al-Ma'mun (r. 813-833), has long attracted the attention of modern scholars of the intellectual, political, and religious history of the early Abbasid era. Because this event, which began in 820 and stretched through the reigns of two of al-Ma'mun's successors, appears at a convergence of prominent currents in systematic theology, rationalist thought, theocratic politics, and nascent trends in Shiism and Sunnism, historians have seen it as the key to a wide array of puzzles and problems in early Islamic history. In this incisive study, John Nawas subjects the various proposed explanations of these events to a sober and searching analysis and, in the process, presents a new interpretation of al-Ma'mun's political and religious policies, contextualized against the background of early Abbasid intellectual and social history. Appended to the volume is a reprint edition of Walter M. Patton's Ahmed ibn Hanbal and the Mihna (Leiden 1897), which still has much that is useful for modern scholarship, including one enormous additional benefit; it contains most of the relevant passages in Arabic from the primary sources.
Medieval Islamic Civilization
Author: Josef W. Meri
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415966906
Category : Islam
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
Examines the socio-cultural history of the regions where Islam took hold between the 7th and 16th century. This two-volume work contains 700 alphabetically arranged entries, and provides a portrait of Islamic civilization. It is of use in understanding the roots of Islamic society as well to explore the culture of medieval civilization.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415966906
Category : Islam
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
Examines the socio-cultural history of the regions where Islam took hold between the 7th and 16th century. This two-volume work contains 700 alphabetically arranged entries, and provides a portrait of Islamic civilization. It is of use in understanding the roots of Islamic society as well to explore the culture of medieval civilization.
The reign of the ʾAbbāsid Caliph al-Muʻtaṣim, 218-227 (833-842 A.D.).
Author: Mansour Muhammad al-Sughayyer
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Al-Ma'mun
Author: Michael Cooperson
Publisher: Oneworld Academic
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Captures the achievements of this Sufi thinker and founder of gnostic hurufism.
Publisher: Oneworld Academic
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Captures the achievements of this Sufi thinker and founder of gnostic hurufism.
Medieval Islamic Civilization: L-Z, index
Author: Josef W. Meri
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415966924
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415966924
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Banbhore; a Preliminary Report on the Recent Archaeological Excavations at Banbhore
Author: F. A. Khan
Publisher:
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Category : Banbhore
Languages : en
Pages : 66
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Banbhore
Languages : en
Pages : 66
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