The History of Al-Tabari, Volume 26: The Waning of the Umayyad Caliphate by Muhammad Ibn Jarir Al-Tabari, Carole Hillenbrand

The History of Al-Tabari, Volume 26: The Waning of the Umayyad Caliphate

History of Al-Tabari

Muhammad Ibn Jarir Al-Tabari, Carole Hillenbrand

328 pages first pub 1987 (editions)

history informative slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

The years 738-745/121-127, which this volume covers, saw the outbreak in Syria of savage internecine struggles between prominent members of the Umayyad family, which had ruled the Islamic world since 661/41. After the death of the caliph Hisham in...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...