Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court: Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32), ed. Maaike van Berkel, Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Hugh Kennedy, and Letizia Osti

Yıl 2017, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 2, 281 - 284, 14.01.2018

Halil İbrahim Hançabay

https://doi.org/10.12730/13091719.2017.82.169

Öz

First Paragraph: This book, which focuses on the ruling era of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-932), is collectively edited by four members of the School of Abbasid Studies, who examines various aspects of ʿAbbāsid history over many years. The book includes an introduction and three main parts, each containing two or three chapters. The time line of events prepared by Hugh Kennedy and a map showing the largest borders of the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate are useful for readers (pp. ix-xiii).

Anahtar Kelimeler

Abbasid Court, al-Muqtadir, Politics