The first dynasty of Islam : the Umayyad caliphate AD 661-750 / / G.R. Hawting

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451215503321
• Autore: Hawting G. R (Gerald R.), <1944->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
• ISBN: 1-134-55059-6; 0-203-13700-0; 1-280-40145-1; 0-203-17038-5; 9786610401451
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (174 p.)
• Disciplina: 909/.09767101
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; Islamic Empire History 661-750
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "First published 1986 by Croom Helm Ltd."--Title page verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-144) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Conventions; Abbreviations; Glossary; Figures and Maps; Foreword to the Second Edition; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Importance of the Umayyad Period and its Place in Islamic History; Arabisation; The Umayyads in Muslim Tradition; The Umayyad Family and its Rise to the Caliphate; Mu'awiya's Acquisition of the Caliphate; The Sufyanids; Events and Personalities of the Sufyanid Period; The Second Civil War; 'Abd al-Malik and al-Hajjaj; Changes in Government and Administration; Al-Hajjaj in Iraq; The Development of Factionalism and the Problems of IslamisationThe Family of al-Muhallab and the Development of Factionalism; 'Umar II and the Mawali; Hisham and Khalid al-Qasri; The Third Civil War and the Caliphate of Marwan II; Yazid III; Marwan II; The Overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate; The Muslims of Khurasan; The Army; The 'Abbasids and the Hashimiyya; The Umayyad Collapse; A Note on the Sources; Modern Developments in the Study of and Attitudes to Umayyad History; Bibliographical Postscript to the Second Edition; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Gerald Hawting's book has long been acknowledged as the standard introductory survey of this complex period in Arab and Islamic history. Now it is once more made available, with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the field. It is certain to be welcomed by students and academics alike.