Putting the Caliph in His Place
Subtitle: Power, Authority, and the Late Abbasid Caliphate
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Published: April 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780838641132
Subjects: World history: c 500 to C 1500; History; History - General History; History: World; Middle East; Middle East - General; Medieval; Abbasids; Caliphate; Caliphs
Description: "During the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the Abbasids were just one of a number of regional powers vying for supremacy and influencing the actions of others. By analyzing the roles played by these caliphs in terms of the institution they represented, the households that they headed, and the personal relationships with regional powers they fostered, we are forced to revisit our understanding of both the institution of the medieval Caliphate, as well as how power and authority were manifested in medieval Islam."--BOOK JACKET.