Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Note on dates and citations
- Map: The Fertile Crescent in the early Abbasid period
- 1 Conquest history and its uses
- 2 The seventh-century Jazira
- 3 From garrison to city: the birth of Mosul
- 4 Christian élites in the Mosuli hinterland: the Shahārija
- 5 Islam in the north: Jaziran Khārijism
- 6 Massacre and narrative: the Abbasid Revolution in Mosul I
- 7 Massacre and élite politics: the Abbasid Revolution in Mosul II
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other titles in the series
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Note on dates and citations
- Map: The Fertile Crescent in the early Abbasid period
- 1 Conquest history and its uses
- 2 The seventh-century Jazira
- 3 From garrison to city: the birth of Mosul
- 4 Christian élites in the Mosuli hinterland: the Shahārija
- 5 Islam in the north: Jaziran Khārijism
- 6 Massacre and narrative: the Abbasid Revolution in Mosul I
- 7 Massacre and élite politics: the Abbasid Revolution in Mosul II
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other titles in the series
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- Empire and Elites after the Muslim ConquestThe Transformation of Northern Mesopotamia, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000