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Al-Tabari - The Early 'Abbasi Empire (Paperback)
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Al-Tabari - The Early 'Abbasi Empire (Paperback)
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The Islamic world in its year 132 (570 AD) was ruled by a new
revolutionary regime. The dynasty that it brought to power was
revered as the Imams of the Sunni Muslims for the next 767 years.
In good part, this stability and longevity were founded by the
remarkable grandfather of Harun al-Rashid, Abu Ja'far al-Mansur,
who came to power in 754 AD and died in 775. Al-Mansur destroyed
every threat to his own supremacy, leaving an opulent autocracy to
his son. Here are the reminiscences of those who witnessed these
years, woven by the great historiographer al-Tabari (d. 923) into a
vivid account, translated for the first time into a western
language from its source, hitherto available to a few specialists.
This deft translation gives access to the world of eighth-century
Baghdad, but also transcends that time in an account of permanent
significance.
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