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Concentrating on the period from the rise of the Umayyads to the dissolution of the 'Abbasid empire (roughly AD 650850), she documents the consequences of the fusion between religion and politics in Islam, which she sees as an essential forging characteristic of the Muslim social structure and state.

Table of Contents
Preface; A note on conventions; Part I. Introduction: 1. Historiographical introduction; 2. The nature of the Arab conquest; Part II. The Evolution of the Conquest Society: 3. The Sufyanid pattern, 661–84 [41–64]; 4. Syria of 684 [64]; 5. The Marwanid evolution, 684–744 [64–126]; 6. The Marwanid faction; 7. Syria of 744 [126]; 8. Umayyad clientage; Part III. The Failure of the Islamic Empire: 9. The abortive service aristocracy; 10. The emergence of the slave soldiers; 11. The emergence of the medieval polity; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; General index; Prosopographical index.

Slaves on Horses

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 10/30/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780521529402
      978-0521529402
      ISBN-10 0521529409
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      Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery Human rights, civil rights

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Concentrating on the period from the rise of the Umayyads to the dissolution of the 'Abbasid empire (roughly AD 650850), she documents the consequences of the fusion between religion and politics in Islam, which she sees as an essential forging characteristic of the Muslim social structure and state.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; A note on conventions; Part I. Introduction: 1. Historiographical introduction; 2. The nature of the Arab conquest; Part II. The Evolution of the Conquest Society: 3. The Sufyanid pattern, 661–84 [41–64]; 4. Syria of 684 [64]; 5. The Marwanid evolution, 684–744 [64–126]; 6. The Marwanid faction; 7. Syria of 744 [126]; 8. Umayyad clientage; Part III. The Failure of the Islamic Empire: 9. The abortive service aristocracy; 10. The emergence of the slave soldiers; 11. The emergence of the medieval polity; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; General index; Prosopographical index.

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