Matthew S. Gordon

Ahmad ibn Tulun (eBook, ePUB)

Governor of Abbasid Egypt, 868-884

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Ahmad ibn Tulun (835884) governed Egypt on behalf of the Abbasid dynasty for sixteen years. An aggressive and innovative actor, he pursued an ambitious political agenda, including the introduction of dynastic rule over Egypt, that put him at odds with his imperial masters. Throughout, however, he retained close ties to the Abbasid house and at no point did he assert outright independence. In this volume, Matthew Gordon considers Ibn Tulun's many achievements in office as well as the crises, including the betrayals of his eldest son and close clients, that marred his singular career.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786079947
• Artikelnr.: 60608252

Autorenporträt

Matthew S. Gordon is Professor of Islamic History at Miami University, and author of The Breaking of a Thousand Swords and The Rise of Islam.

Inhaltsangabe

Maps Chronology The Tulunid Household   INTRODUCTION The Political and Military Setting Ibn Tulun and Abbasid Politics Governing Abbasid Egypt   1 THE FIRST DECADE IN OFFICE 868
877 The Appointment to Egypt The Claim to Full Authority Pacification and the Tulunid Military The Imperial Stage   2 THE LAST YEARS IN OFFICE 877
884 The New Syrian Campaign Father and Son Tarsus and Damascus The Question of Legacy   3 GOVERNING EGYPT Representing Ibn Tulun Egypt and the Samarran Command Family and Household The Tulunid Army and Police The Tulunid Economy and its Administration   4 CITY AND CEREMONY Al-Qatäi` The City as Stage The Military Command The Religious Establishment Damascus, the Abbasid Court, and the Frontier   CONCLUSION: TULUNID FORTUNES The Amir
s Career   Acknowledgments Bibliography Index