Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court: Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of Al-Muqtadir by Maaike van Berkel

Brill's Islamic History and Civilization #102

Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court: Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of Al-Muqtadir

Maaike van Berkel with Hugh Kennedy, Nadia Maria Cheikh, Letizia Osti

276 pages digital 2013

2 editions

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The reign of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32) is a crucial and controversial epoch in the history of the Abbasid empire. Al-Muqtadir's regime has traditionally been depicted as one of decline, when the political power of the caliphate and the lustre o...

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