The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 33: Storm and Stress along the Northern Frontiers of the ʿAbbasid Caliphate: The Caliphate of al-Mu&#703

by Muhammad Ibn Jarir Al-Tabari

This section of al-Ṭabarī's History covers the eight-year reign of al-Muʿtaṣim (833-42), immediately following the reign of his elder brother al-Ma'mun, when the Islamic caliphate was once more united after the civil strife and violence of the second decade of the ninth century A.D. Al-Mu'tasim's reign is notable for the transfer of the administrative capital of the caliphate from Baghdad north to the military settlement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791404943
• ISBN13: 9780791404942
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"