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In this volume, which covers the caliphates of Sulayman, Umar II, and Yazid II, al-abari provides vivid and detailed accounts of the events spanning the period from 97-105/715-724. We listen to the stirring speeches of Qutaybah ibn Muslim, in which he urges his followers to renounce their allegiance to Sulayman; are present at the disastrous third and final attempt to take Constantinople; watch from behind the scenes as Raja ibn aywah skillfully engineers the accession of 'Umar II; and follow the remarkable career of Yazid b. al-Muhallab, first as governor and conqueror, then as prisoner, and finally as rebel.Throughout this volume we observe the struggle of the Umayyad regime to maintain control over a rapidly expanding but increasingly dissatisfied subject population. Governors are appointed and dismissed with dizzying rapidity, administrative boundaries are drawn and redrawn, Arab tribesmen express dissatisfaction with the diminishing rewards of military conquest, non-Arab converts chafe at the differential treatment they receive, and religious opponents revolt in the name of "the Book and the Sunnah." Important in their own right, the events of this period provide an essential key to a proper understanding of the 'Abbasid revolution that lay just over the horizon.A discounted price is available when purchasing the entire 39-volume History of al-abari set. Contact SUNY Press for more information.

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PublisherSTATE University of New York Press

ISBN-100791400735

ISBN-139780791400739

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Book TitleThe History of Al-Tabari : the Empire in Transition

Number of Pages236 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Hinduism / Sacred Writings

Publication Year1989

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion

AuthorDavid Stephan Powers

Book SeriesSuny Series in Near Eastern Studies

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight11.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Lccn88-039752

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Volume NumberVol. 24

Lc Classification NumberDs38.2.T313

Table of ContentPreface Abbreviations Translator''s Foreword The Caliphate of Sulayman b. ''Abd al-Malik The Events of the Year 96 (cont''d) (714/715) The Slaying of Qutaybah b. Muslim The Events of the Year 97 (715/716) The Appointment of Yazid b. al-Muhallab as Governor of Khurasan The Events of the Year 98 (716/717) Maslamah b. ''Abd al-Malik Besieges Constantinople [The Conquest of Jurjan and Tabaristan] The Events of the Year 99 (717/718) [The Death of Sulayman b. ''Abd al-Malik] Aspects of His Character The Caliphate of ''Umar b. ''Abd al-''Aziz The Events of the Year 99 (cont''d) (717/718) The Reason Why Sulayman ''Appointed ''Umar as Caliph The Events of the Year 100 (718/719) The Revolt of the Kharijites The Capture of Yazid b/ al-Muhallab The Dismissal of al-Jarrah b. ''Abdallah ''Umar b. ''Abd al-''Aziz Appoints ''Abd al-Rahman b.Nu''aym and ''Abd al-Rahman b. ''Abdallah al-Qushayri over Khurasan The Beginning of the Da''wah The Events of the Year 101 (719/720) The Escape of Yazid b. al-Muhallab [The Death of ''Umar b. ''Abd al-''Aziz] Aspects of His Character A Supplement to the Biography of ''Umar b. ''Abdal-''Aziz That Is Not Part of Abu Ja''far''s [al-Tabari''s] Book, to the Beginning of the Caliphate of Yazid b. ''Abd al-Malik b. Marwan The Caliphate of Yazid b. ''Abd al-Malik b. Marwan The Events of the Year 101 (cont''d) (719/720) The Slaying of Shawdhab the Kharijite Yazid b. al-Muhallab Renounces His Allegiance to Yazid b. ''Abd al-Malik The Events of the Year 102 (720/721) The Slaying of Yazid b. al-Muhallab Maslamah Appoints Sa''id Khudhaynah as Governor of Khurasan Sa''id''s Dismissal of Shu''bah and the Battle at the Fortress of a.-Bahili Sa''id Khudhaynah''s Military Expedition against the Soghdians The Dismissal of Maslamah from Iraq and Khurasan The Slaying of Yazid b. Abi Muslim The Events of the Year 103 (721/ 722) The Dismissal of Sa''id Khudhaynah as Governor of Khurasan ''Umar b. Hubayrah''s Appointment of Sa''id al-Harashi as Governor of Khurasan The Sogdians Leave Their Country for Farghanah The Events of the Year 104 (722/723) The Battle between al-Harashi and the Soghdian Army Yazid b. ''Abd al-Malik''s Dismissal of ''Abdal-Rahman b. al-Dahhak from Medina ''Umar b. Hubayrah''s Dismissal of Sa''id b. ''Amral-Harashi as Governor of Khurasan The Appointment of Muslim b. Sa''id as Governor of Khurasan The Events of the Year 105 (723/724) Muslim b. Sa''id''s Expedition against the Turks The Death of Yazid b. ''Abd al-Malik Aspects of His Character Bibliography of Cited Works Index