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The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 25: The End of Expansion: The Caliphate of Hishām A.D. 724-738/A.H. 105-120

The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 25: The End of Expansion: The Caliphate of Hishām A.D. 724-738/A.H. 105-120

Blankinship, Khalid Yahya

Paperback

Series: Suny Near Eastern Studies

General World History

ISBN10: 0887065708
ISBN13: 9780887065705
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: May 24 1989
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.54 Width: 5.96 Depth: 9.07
Language: English

This volume deals with the part of Ṭabarī's great History covering the first fifteen years of the caliphate of the Umayyad Hishām ibn 'Abd al-Malik, which represents almost the last period of universal political unity in Islamic history. Tabari's work is generally recognized as among the most important sources for Hishām's reign. Here the bitter fighting faced by the Muslim forces on the frontiers receives extensive and graphic coverage. In particular, the unrewarding and continous war against the pagan Turks in Khurasan, a struggle that did so much to alienate the troops and thus to spread disaffection with Umayyad rule, is recorded in much more detail than elsewhere. Military disasters such as the Day of Thirst, the Day of Kamarjah, and the Day of the Defile are vividly portrayed.

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