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The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 27: The ʿAbbāsid Revolution A.D. 743-750/A.H. 126-132

The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 27: The ʿAbbāsid Revolution A.D. 743-750/A.H. 126-132

Williams, John Alden

Paperback

Series: Suny Near Eastern Studies

Religion General General Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 0791406253
ISBN13: 9780791406250
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jul 30 1990
Pages: 233
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

By 735 an Arab empire stretched from Arles and Avignon in southern France to the Indus River and Central Asia, and a vital young civilization fostered by a new world religion was taking root. Yet the Muslim conquerors were divided by tribal quarrels, tensions among new converts, and religious revolts. In 745 a vigorous new successor to the Prophet took control in Damascus and began to restore the waning power of the Umayyad dynasty. Marwān II's attempts were thwarted, however, by revolts on every hand, even among his own relatives. The main body of dissidents was a well-trained group of revolutionaries in Khurasan, led by the remarkable Abu Muslim. By 748 they had seized control of the province and drive the governor, Naṣr ibn Sayyār al-Lāythi, to his death and were advancing westward. This volume tells of the end of the Umayyad caliphate, the ʿAbbāsid Revolution, and the establishment of the new dynasty.

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