Volume 1 Transregional and Regional Elites – Connecting the Early Islamic Empire

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Volume 1 Transregional and Regional Elites – Connecting the Early Islamic Empire

Edited by: Hannah-Lena Hagemann and Stefan Heidemann

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The Early Islamic Empire at Work

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2020

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Volume 36 | Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East

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Transregional and regional elites of various backgrounds were essential for the integration of diverse regions into the early Islamic Empire, from Central Asia to North Africa. This volume is an important contribution to the conceptualization of the largest empire of Late Antiquity. While previous studies used Iraq as the paradigm for the entire empire, this volume looks at diverse regions instead. After a theoretical introduction to the concept of ‘elites’ in an early Islamic context, the papers focus on elite structures and networks within selected regions of the Empire (Transoxiana, Khurāsān, Armenia, Fārs, Iraq, al-Jazīra, Syria, Egypt, and Ifrīqiya). The papers analyze elite groups across social, religious, geographical, and professional boundaries.

Although each region appears unique at first glance, based on their heterogeneous surviving sources, its physical geography, and its indigenous population and elites, the studies show that they shared certain patterns of governance and interaction, and that this was an important factor for the success of the largest empire of Late Antiquity.

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Hannah-Lena Hagemann und Stefan Heidemann, University of Hamburg, Germany.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Open Access Download PDF	V
Introduction: Transregional and Regional Elites – Connecting the Early Islamic Empire Stefan Heidemann Open Access Download PDF	1
Studying Elites in Early Islamic History: Concepts and Terminology Hannah-Lena Hagemann, Katharina Mewes and Peter Verkinderen Open Access Download PDF	17
Arabia and Iraq
Insult the Caliph, Marry al-Ḥasan, and Redeem Your Kingdom: Freiheitsgrade of Kindī Elites During the 7^th to 9^th Century Georg Leube Open Access Download PDF	47
Landowners in Lower Iraq during the 8^th Century: Types and Interplays Noëmie Lucas Open Access Download PDF	69
The Rise and Fall of the Early ʿAbbāsid Political and Military Elite Hugh Kennedy Open Access Download PDF	99
The East
Who Were the Mulūk Fārs? Jürgen Paul Open Access Download PDF	117
An Empire of Elites: Mobility in the Early Islamic Empire Ahmad Khan Open Access Download PDF	147
Preliminary Notes on the Term and Institution of al-Shākiriyya in Early Islam (ca. 14–218 H/635–36–833 CE) Mainly According to the Arabic Sources Amikam Elad Open Access Download PDF	171
The Eastern Mediterranean and the North
Khurāsānī and Transoxanian Ostikans of Early ʿAbbāsid Armenia Alison Vacca Open Access Download PDF	229
The Governors of al-Shām and Fārs in the Early Islamic Empire – A Comparative Regional Perspective Simon Gundelfinger and Peter Verkinderen Open Access Download PDF	255
Muslim Elites in the Early Islamic Jazīra: The Qāḍīs of Ḥarrān, al-Raqqa, and al-Mawṣil Hannah-Lena Hagemann Open Access Download PDF	331
Christian Elite Networks in the Jazīra, c.730–850 Philip Wood Open Access Download PDF	359
The West
Establishing Local Elite Authority in Egypt Through Arbitration and Mediation Petra Sijpesteijn Open Access Download PDF	387
The Civilian Ruling Elite of the Ṭūlūnid-Ikhshīdid Period Yaacov Lev Open Access Download PDF	407
Connecting the Ibāḍī Network in North Africa with the Empire (2^nd–3^rd/8^th–9^th Centuries) Cyrille Aillet Open Access Download PDF	421
Indices
Index of names Open Access Download PDF	443
Index of places Open Access Download PDF	451
Index of subjects Open Access Download PDF	455

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February 10, 2020

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9783110669800

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February 24, 2020

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9783110666489

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6

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458

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3

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37

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110669800

eBook ISBN: 9783110669800

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110666489

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Elites; Early Islamic History; Umayyads; Abbasids

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Scholars of Islamic History, Armenian Studies, Iranian Studies, Mediterranean Studies, Medieval History

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