Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 521 g
The Transformation of Northern Mesopotamia
Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 521 g
Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
ISBN: 978-0-521-78115-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The study of early Islamic historical tradition has flourished with the emergence of a new and innovative scholarship no longer dependent on more traditional narratival approaches. Chase Robinson's book, which takes full account of the research available, interweaves history and historiography to interpret the political, social and economic transformations in the Mesopotamian region after the Islamic conquests. Using Arabic and Syriac sources to elaborate his argument, the author focuses on the Muslim and Christian élites, demonstrating that the immediate effects of the conquests were in fact modest ones. Significant social change took place only at the end of the seventh century with the imposition of Marwanid rule. Even then, the author argues, social power was diffused in the hands of local élites. This is a sophisticated study at the cutting edge of a burgeoning field in Islamic studies.
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Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Note on dates and citations; Map: the fertile crescent in the early Abbasid period; 1. Conquest history and its uses; 2. The seventh-century Jazira; 3. From garrison to city: the birth of Mosul; 4. A Christian élites in the Mosuli hinterland: the shaharija; 5. Islam in the north: Jaziran Kharijism; 6. Massacre and narrative: the Abbasid Revolution in Mosul I; 7. Massacre and élite politics: the Abbasid Revolution in Mosul II; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
