TY - BOOK AU - Williams ,John Alden TI - Al-Tabari The Early Abbasi Empire SN - 9780521159357 U1 - 909.0976701 PY - 2010/// CY - NewYork PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Islamic Empire History N1 - 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 ER -