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Author Berkel, Maaike van, author.

Title Crisis and continuity at the Abbasid court : formal and informal politics in the caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32) / by Maaike van Berkel, Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Hugh Kennedy and Letizia Osti
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 262 pages) : illustration, color maps
Series Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts ; v. 102
Islamic history and civilization.
Contents Histories and stories. The reign of al-Muqtadir (925-320/908-32) -- The caliph -- Scribes and soldiers. The vizier -- The bureaucracy -- The military -- Women and courtiers. The chamberlains -- The harem -- Culture, education and the court
Summary The reign of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32) is a crucial and controversial epoch in the history of the Abbasid empire. Al-Muqtadir's regime has traditionally been depicted as one of decline, when the political power of the caliphate and the lustre of its capital began to crumble. This book not only offers a substantial investigation of the idea and reality of decline, but also provides new interpretations of the inner workings of the court and the empire. The authors, four specialists of Abbasid history, explore the formal and informal power relationships that shaped politics at the court, involving bureaucrats, military, harem, courtiers and of course al-Muqtadir himself. A study of the topography of Baghdad completes this vivid picture of the court and its capital
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Muqtadir Billāh, Caliph, 895-932.
SUBJECT Muqtadir Billāh, Caliph, 895-932 fast
Subject Abbasids.
Abbasid.
HISTORY -- World.
Abbasids
Courts and courtiers
SUBJECT Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068449
Islamic Empire -- Court and courtiers
Subject Islamic Empire
Genre/Form Abbasids
History
Form Electronic book
Author El-Cheikh, Nadia Maria, author.
Kennedy, Hugh (Hugh N.), author.
Osti, Letizia, author.
LC no. 2013013918
ISBN 9789004252707
9004252703