Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography : Harun Al-Rashid and the Narrative of the 'Abbasid Caliphate.

The author applies a new literary-critical reading of the early Islamic sources to demonstrate how medieval narrators devised elusive ways of shedding light on the political, social and religious debates of the 'Abbasid' period. This book represents a landmark in the field of early Islamic...

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Main Author: El-Hibri, Tayeb
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Series:Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central