Reuben Levy

A Baghdad Chronicle

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The aim of this 1929 study was to present an account of Baghdad under the Abbasid Caliphate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 423g
• ISBN-13: 9781107600546
• ISBN-10: 1107600545
• Artikelnr.: 33874433

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introductory
1. The building of the city
2. The expansion of the city
3. 'In the Golden Prime of Good Haroun Al-Raschid'
4. City life under Hárún
5. The first siege of Baghdad
6. The reign of Ma'mún
7. Baghdad without a caliph
8. Baghdad resored
9. Baghdad under the Persian masters
10. The greater Seljúqs and Baghdad
11. The Seljúq decline
12. Two sieges
13. An Indian summer
14. City ideals and accomplishments
15. The downfall of the city
Notes
Bibliographical list of authorities
Index.