The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 23: The Zenith of the Marwānid House: The Last Years of ʿAbd al-Malik and The Caliphate of al-Wal&#

by Muhammad Ibn Jarir Al-Tabari and Martin Hinds

This volume covers the years 700-715 A.D., a period that witnessed the last five years of the caliphate of the Umayyad 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwān and the whole of the caliphate of his son al-Walīd. In retrospect, this period can be seen to have marked the apogee of Marwānid Umayyad power. It began with the dangerous revolt of the Iraqi tribal leader Ibn al-Ash'ath, which seriously imperilled Marwānid control of Iraq and was countered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887067220
• ISBN13: 9780887067228
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"