Portrayals of the Later Abbasid Caliphate: A Reappraisal of the Buyid-Era Caliphs in Arabic Chronicles, 334/945-447/1055
Like other decline narratives, the alleged decadence of the Abbasid caliphate after its loss of military power in the mid-fourth/tenth century has been seen historically as an index of the “decline” of Islamic civilization generally, and remnants of these images still remain. However, a contextual e...
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Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Journal of Abbasid Studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 108-142 |
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Abbasid Caliphate
Buyid dynasty
Baghdad
Arabic historiography
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