num_pages: 224
description: This classic study of 10th and 11th century society in Buyid Iran is published here for the first time in a paperback edition, revised with new material. Historian Roy Mottahedeh explains how Islamic society was able to function during the Middle Ages in a stable manner even without political institutions such as existed in the West.
language: English
title: Loyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society
titlecomplete: Loyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society (Princeton Studies on the Near East)
genres: Academic, History, Islam, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 30
publisher: Princeton University Press