Transregional and Regional Elites - Connecting the Early Isl

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-11-066648-9
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 458 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 793 g

Reihe: The early Islamic Empire at work

Transregional and regional elites of various backgrounds were essential for the integration of diverse regions into the early Islamic Empire, from Central Asia to North Africa. This volume is an important contribution to the conceptualization of the largest empire of Late Antiquity. While previous studies used Iraq as the paradigm for the entire empire, this volume looks at diverse regions instead. After a theoretical introduction to the concept of ‘elites’ in an early Islamic context, the papers focus on elite structures and networks within selected regions of the Empire (Transoxiana, Khurasan, Armenia, Fars, Iraq, al-Jazira, Syria, Egypt, and Ifriqiya). The papers analyze elite groups across social, religious, geographical, and professional boundaries. Although each region appears unique at first glance, based on their heterogeneous surviving sources, its physical geography, and its indigenous population and elites, the studies show that they shared certain patterns of governance and interaction, and that this was an important factor for the success of the largest empire of Late Antiquity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hagemann, Hannah-Lena

Heidemann, Stefan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: Neuzeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Über Autor(innen)

Hannah-Lena Hagemann
und
Stefan Heidemann
, Universität Hamburg.

Hannah-Lena Hagemann und Stefan Heidemann, Universität Hamburg.