Princely authority in the early Marwānid state : the life of ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Marwān /

Princely authority in the early Marwānid state : the life of ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Marwān /

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Author / Creator:	Mabra, Joshua, 1983- author.
Imprint:	Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2017. ©2017
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 214 pages ): illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Islamic history and thought ; 2 Islamic history and thought ; 2.
Subject:	ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Marwān, -- Governor of Egypt, -- -704 or 705. ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Marwān, -- Governor of Egypt, -- -704 or 705. Kings and rulers. Politics and government. Egypt -- Kings and rulers. Egypt -- Politics and government -- 640-1882. Egypt.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13542462

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ISBN:	9781463237653 1463237650 9781463206321 1463206321
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-202) and indexes. In English. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	"ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz b. Marwān (d. 86/705), brother of the famed state-building caliph, ʻAbd al-Malik b. Marwān (d. 86/705), reigned as the amīr of Egypt and heir apparent to the Umayyad caliphate for over twenty years. ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, however, died just a few months before his brother ʻAbd al-Malik, and thus never ascended to the caliphate. The combination of his early death, the limited treatment of Egypt in the early Arabic historical sources, and the illustrious history of ʻAbd al-Malik have left ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz a largely unknown figure in western scholarship. This study seeks to revive the career of this largely forgotten amīr and demonstrate the critical role he played in the formation of the Marwānid dynasty, as well as the great autonomy he exercised within Egypt"--back cover.
Other form:	Print version: 9781463206321 1463206321
Standard no.:	10.31826/9781463237653

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Summary:	'Abd al-'Azīz b. Marwān (d. 86/705) reigned as the amīr of Egypt and walī al-'ahd (heir apparent) to the Islamic caliphate for over 20 years. This book intends to revive this largely forgotten amīr and demonstrate the critical role he played in the formation of the Marwānid dynasty. The founding thesis of this study is that 'Abd al-'Azīz was appointed the amīr of Egypt and second heir apparent due to the legitimacy his maternal lineage brought the nascent dynasty.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 214 pages ): illustrations.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-202) and indexes.
ISBN:	9781463237653 1463237650 9781463206321 1463206321