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The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 20: The Collapse of Sufyānid Authority and the Coming of the Marwānids: The Caliphates of Muʿ&

The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 20: The Collapse of Sufyānid Authority and the Coming of the Marwānids: The Caliphates of Muʿ&

Hawting, G. R.

Paperback

Series: Suny Near Eastern Studies

African HistoryReligion General General World History

ISBN10: 088706857X
ISBN13: 9780887068577
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Aug 3 1989
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

This volume covers the vital early years of the second Muslim civil war, when the Umayyad caliphate seemed on the point of extinction. That it survived had much to do with the vigor of the Umayyad Marwān ibn al-Hakam whose initial restoration of Umayyad authority is described here in some detail by al-Ṭabarī's sources. In the chaos and confusion of the civil war, however, developments took place that were to prove significant for the future of the Umayyad calphate, indeed for the early history of Islam in general. Among them, the first manifestations of large-scale tribal divisions among the Arabs, together with the development of support for the descendants of the Prophet as the only legitimate rulers, were particularly important and receive special attention. For this period, al-Tabari's History is a fundamental source.

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