G R Hawting

The First Dynasty of Islam

The Umayyad Caliphate AD 661-750

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Produktbeschreibung

Gerald Hawting's book has long been acknowledged as the standard introductory survey of this complex period in Arab and Islamic history. Now it is once more made available, with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the field. It is certain to be welcomed by students and academics alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 145mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780415240727
• ISBN-10: 0415240727
• Artikelnr.: 21085617

Autorenporträt

G R Hawting (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The importance of the Umayyad period and its place in
Islamic history Islamisation Arabisation The Umayyads in Muslim tradition
2. The Umayyad family and its rise to the Caliphate The background of the
Umayyads Mu'awiya's aquisition of the Caliphate 3. The Sufyanids
Organisation and administration of the Caliphate events and prsonalities of
the Sufyanid period 4. The Second Civil War 5. 'Abd al-Malik and al-Hajjaj
Changes in government and administratioin Al-Hajjaj in Iraq 6. The
Development of Factionalism and the problems of Islamisation The family of
al-Muhallab and the development of factionalism 'Umar II and the Mawali
Hisham and Kahlid al-Qasri 7. The Third Civil War and the Caliphate of
Marwan II Walid II Yazid III Marwan II 8. The Overthrow of the Umayyad
Caliphate The Muslims of Khurasan The Army The 'Abbasids and the `ashimiyya
The Umayyad collapse