The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 31: The War between Brothers: The Caliphate of Muḥammad al-Amīn A.D. 809-813/A.H. 193-198

by Muhammad Ibn Jarir Al-Tabari and Michael Fishbein

This section of the History of al-Ṭabarī covers the caliphate of Muḥammad al-Amīn, who succeeded his father, Hārūn al-Rashīd on March 24, 809, and was killed on September 25, 813.

The focus of this section is a single event, the civil war between al-Amīn and his half-brother al-Maʾmūn. Before his death, al-Rashīd had arranged for the succession in a series of documents signed at Mecca...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791410862
• ISBN13: 9780791410868
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"