Williams ,John Alden <br/><br/>
Al-Tabari The Early Abbasi Empire  / 
John Alden Williams 
 - 1st edition 
 - NewYork:  Cambridge University Press,  2010. 
 - xx,263 p. 
<br/><br/> This 1989 second volume of Professor Williams' translation of al-Tabarī's vivid account of the early 'Abbāsī empire focuses on its 'Golden Prime': the reigns of the son - al-Mahdī - and grandsons - al-Hadi and Hārūn al-Rashīd - of Caliph al-Mansūr, the subject of the first volume. The translator has a rare knowledge of Islamic culture and literature.includes bibliographical references and index<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521159357 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islamic Empire History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>909.0976701  / WIL