Shaping a Muslim state : the world of a mid-eighth-century Egyptian official

This volume provides a synthetic study of the political, social, and economic processes which formed early Islamic Egypt. Looking at a corpus of previously unknown Arabic papyrus letters, Sijpesteijn examines the reasons for the success of the early Arab conquests and the transition from the pre-Isl...

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Shaping a Muslim state: the world of a mid-eighth-century Egyptian official
Oxford studies in Byzantium
1. Verfasser:
Sijpesteijn, Petra
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Zusammenfassung:
This volume provides a synthetic study of the political, social, and economic processes which formed early Islamic Egypt. Looking at a corpus of previously unknown Arabic papyrus letters, Sijpesteijn examines the reasons for the success of the early Arab conquests and the transition from the pre-Islamic Byzantine system to an Arab/Muslim state.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxvii, 524 pages, 40 unnumbered plates) : illustrations, maps.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Schriftenreihe:
Oxford studies in Byzantium Shaping a Muslim state
ISBN:
0-19-175813-2
0-19-967390-X
Schlagworte:
ʻAbd Allāh ibn Asʻad, > active 8th century > Correspondence.
Nājid ibn Muslim, > active 8th century > Correspondence.
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