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Al-Tabari The Early Abbasi Empire / John Alden Williams
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TextPublication details: Cambridge University Press, 2010. NewYork:Edition: 1st editionDescription: xx,263 pISBN: - 9780521159357
- 909.0976701 WIL
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Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS | நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor | 909.0976701 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 340531 |
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