The Rise of a Capital: Al-Fusṭāṭ And Its Hinterland, 18/639-132/750 by Jelle Bruning

Brill's Islamic History and Civilization #153

The Rise of a Capital: Al-Fusṭāṭ And Its Hinterland, 18/639-132/750

Jelle Bruning

232 pages hardcover 2018

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nonfiction history
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In The Rise of a Capital: Al-Fusṭāṭ and Its Hinterland, 18/639-132/750, Jelle Bruning maps al-Fusṭāṭ's development from a garrison town founded by Muslim conquerors near modern Cairo (Egypt) in c. 640 C.E. into a bustling provincial capital a cent...

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