The History of the Caliph Vathek 9787999140344, 9780599891654

The Door of the Caliph (Studies in Medieval History and Culture) [1 ed.] 9781032207155, 9781032207162, 9781003264866, 1032207159

This book focuses on the conceptualization of the court, palace and ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate of al-Andalus. Wester

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Harun al-Rashid: The Life and Legacy of the Abbasid Caliph during the Islamic Golden Age

*Includes pictures *Includes medieval accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includ

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The History of the Saracens (Arabs): Comprising the lives of Mohammed and His Successors, to the death of Abdalmelik, the eleventh Caliph 9781463209483

Upon its first publication, this work was received by scholars with marked approbation as the most complete and authenti

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The Caliph and the Imam: The Making of Sunnism and Shiism 9780190689469, 0190689463

The authoritative account of Islam's schism that for centuries has shaped events in the Middle East and the Islamic

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Vathek (Oxford World's Classics) 0192836560, 9780192836564

Text: English (translation) Original Language: French

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The Founder of Cairo: The Fatimid Imam-Caliph al-Muʿizz and his Era 9780755608232, 9781780765280

The reign of the founder of Cairo, the fourth Fatimid Imam-caliph al-Muʿizz li-Din Allah (341-365/953-975), marks a wate

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Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century, The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 9789353425999, 9780599891647

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Politics And Power in Late Fāṭimid Egypt: The Reign of Caliph al-Mustanṣir 9780755607853, 9780857728760

The caliph al-Muntasir was the eighth Shi'i Isma'ili Fatimid Caliph, making him both the Isma'ili imam an

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The Door of the Caliph: Concepts of the Court in the Umayyad Caliphate of Al-Andalus 9781000878462, 9781032207155, 9781032207162, 9781003264866, 1000878465

"This book focuses on the conceptualization of the court, palace and ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate of al-Andalus.

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Putting the Caliph in His Place: Power, Authority, and the Late Abbasid Caliphate 083864113X, 9780838641132

Modern scholars have often viewed the Abbasid caliphs of the eleventh and twelfth centuries as pale imitations of their

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