Umayyad legacies : medieval memories from Syria to Spain /
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Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. |
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Description: | xx, 528 p., [31] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English French Spanish |
Series: | Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, 0929-2403 ; v. 80 Islamic history and civilization. v. 80. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8205533 |
Summary: | The Umayyads, the first dynasty of Islam, ruled over a vast empire from their central province of Syria, providing a line of caliphs from 661 to 750. Another branch later ruled in al-Andalus ndash; Islamic Spain ndash; from 756 to 1031, ruling first as emirs an |
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Physical Description: | xx, 528 p., [31] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789004184749 9004184740 |
ISSN: | 0929-2403 ; |