The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 35: The Crisis of the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate: The Caliphates of al-Mustaʿīn and al-Muʿta

by George Saliba and Muhammad Ibn Jarir Al-Tabari

The period covered in this volume is one of the most tumultuous periods of Islamic history. In it, al-Ṭabarī details with great success the intricate events that shaped real political power in Sāmarrā and Baghdad during the middle of the ninth century, laying bare the dynamics through which the army generals--who were mainly of Central Asian Turkish extraction--consolidated their grip on the caliphate. The political maneuvering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0075OPKJK
• ISBN13: 9780791406274
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"