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When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world : the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty / Hugh Kennedy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005.Edition: 1st De Capo Press edDescription: xxv, 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780306814358
Other title:
  • Rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.0976701 22
  • 956.747
Contents:
Revolution -- Mansūr and his legacy -- Hārūn al-Rashīd: the golden prime -- The war between the brothers -- Poetry and power at the early Abbasid Court -- Landscape with palaces -- The Harem -- Ma'mūn to Mutawwakil -- Abbasid Court culture -- High noon in Sāmarrā.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) IMT Shelves (Level 4) 909.0976701 K35w 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 01 Not For Loan 021576
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Originally published in the United Kingdom under as The Court of the Caliphs.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-316) and index.

Revolution -- Mansūr and his legacy -- Hārūn al-Rashīd: the golden prime -- The war between the brothers -- Poetry and power at the early Abbasid Court -- Landscape with palaces -- The Harem -- Ma'mūn to Mutawwakil -- Abbasid Court culture -- High noon in Sāmarrā.