Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Lay Elites under Arab Rule 41
6. 2 Patriarchs and Bishops 62
7. 3 Tithes, Authority and Hierarchy, 740–840 78
8. 4 Changing Centres of Power 97
9. 5 Takrit and Mosul 121
10. 6 Worldviews and Communal Boundaries 136
11. 7 Dionysius and al-Maʾmun 161
12. 8 Patriarchate and Imamate 186
13. 9 Conceptions of Suryaya Identity in the Sixth to Ninth Centuries 208
14. Conclusions 235
15. Regnal Tables 239
16. List of Fragments of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre 243
17. Bibliography 247
18. Index 281