A Baghdad chronicle

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A Baghdad chronicle

by Reuben Levy

Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Reprint of the 1929 ed. published at the University Press, Cambridge

Includes bibliographical references (p.271- [274]) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 1929, A Baghdad Chronicle was the work of Reuben Levy, then Lecturer in Persian at the University of Cambridge. The aim of his study was to present an account of Baghdad under the Abbasid Caliphate which included not only the record of conflict and political history of the city, but as much as possible of its social history, with descriptions of the manners and customs of its people. The study thus draws extensively from biographies in addition to historical annals and Levy's own knowledge of the city to create a coherent narrative. It will be of interest to anyone wishing to learn about the history of Baghdad from an early twentieth-century perspective.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Introductory
  • 1. The building of the city
  • 2. The expansion of the city
  • 3. 'In the Golden Prime of Good Haroun Al-Raschid'
  • 4. City life under Harun
  • 5. The first siege of Baghdad
  • 6. The reign of Ma'mun
  • 7. Baghdad without a caliph
  • 8. Baghdad resored
  • 9. Baghdad under the Persian masters
  • 10. The greater Seljuqs and Baghdad
  • 11. The Seljuq decline
  • 12. Two sieges
  • 13. An Indian summer
  • 14. City ideals and accomplishments
  • 15. The downfall of the city
  • Notes
  • Bibliographical list of authorities
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BB30833571
  • ISBN
    • 9781107600546
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 278 p., [4] leaves of plates
  • Size
    22 cm
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