Islamic History
Subtitle: A New Interpretation
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 30, 1976
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780521211987
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; BCE to c 500 CE; Prehistory; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History / Middle East; Islamic Empire - History - 750-1258
First sentence: Abu al- 'Abbas served as the first 'Abbasid Amir al- Mu'minin for a little over four years 749-54/132-6; a period that seems to have been only a prelude to the coming to power of his older and stronger brother Abu Ja'far.