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The court of the caliphate of al-Andalus : four years in Umayyad Córdoba /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manzano Moreno, Eduardo (Author)
Other Authors: Roe, Jeremy (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:Text in English, translated from the Spanish.
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2023]
Series:Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture.
Subjects:
Umayyad dynasty.
Córdoba (Spain) > Court and courtiers.
Spain > History > 711-1516.
711-1516
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The caliphate and the natural and human cycles
  • The caliphate's resources and wealth
  • The caliph and the sulṭān
  • The armies of the caliph
  • The struggle against the Fāṭimid caliphate : (I) the background
  • The struggle against the Fāṭimid Caliphate : (II) the conflict
  • Defending the Muslims
  • The authority of the caliph
  • The representation of power
  • Córdoba and Madīnat al-Zahrā' : topography of power and urban space