The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 29: Al-Manṣūr and al-Mahdī A.D. 763-786/A.H. 146-169

by Hugh Kennedy and Muhammad Ibn Jarir Al-Tabari

Book Overview

This volume opens when the caliph al-Mansur has just defeated the rebellion of Muhammad the Pure Soul in 145/762-3 and is now securely established in power. The main concerns of the remaining thirteen years of his reign are the building of his new capital at Baghdad, on which al-Tabari's text contains details not previously published in English, and his efforts to have his nephew 'Isa b. Musa replaced as heir apparent by his own son Muhammad al-Mahdi,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 079140143X
• ISBN13: 9780791401439
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"