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Baghdad: From its Beginnings to the 14th Century offers an exhaustive handbook that covers all possible themes connected to the history of this urban complex in Iraq, from its origins rooted in late antique Mesopotamia up to the aftermath of the Mongol invasion in 1258. Against the common perception of a city founded 762 in a vacuum, which, after experiencing a heyday in a mythical "golden age" under the early 'Abbasids, entered since 900 a long period of decline that ended with a complete collapse by savage people from the East in 1258, the volume emphasizes the continuity of Baghdad's urban life, and shows how it was marked by its destiny as caliphal seat and cultural hub. Contributors Mehmetcan Akpinar, Nuha Alshaar, Pavel Basharin, David Bennett, Michal Biran, Richard W. Bulliet, Kirill Dmitriev, Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst, Hend Gilli-Elewy, Beatrice Gruendler, Sebastian Gunther, Olof Heilo, Damien Janos, Christopher Melchert, Michael Morony, Bernard O'Kane, Klaus Oschema, Letizia Osti, Parvaneh Pourshariati, Vanessa van Renterghem, Jens Scheiner, Angela Schottenhammer, Y. Zvi Stampfer, Johannes Thomann, Isabel Toral.

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Preface Acknowledgements Notes on Transliteration and Style List of Figures AbbreviationsVi Notes on ContributorsVii 1 Baghdad's Topography and Social Composition A Historical Sketch Jens Scheiner and Isabel Toral Part 1: The Foundation of Madinat al-Salam and Its Legends 2 Legends about the Foundation of a Marvelous City Isabel Toral 3 Islamic Art and Architecture in Pre-Mongol Baghdad Bernard O'Kane More-to-Know I: The Foundation of al-Mansur's Palatial City and Its Horoscope Johannes Thomann More-to-Know Ii: Was Madinat al-Salam a "Round City"? Jens Scheiner Part 2: A Historical Overview from Late Antiquity to the Mongol Period 4 Ctesiphon and Its Surroundings, Precursors of Baghdad Parvaneh Pourshariati 5 The Early 'Abbasid Caliphs as Commanders and Constructors Jens Scheiner 6 Baghdad under Buyid Rule Nuha Alshaar 7 Baghdad under the Saljuqs Vanessa Van Renterghem 8 Baghdad under the Late 'Abbasid Caliphs Hend Gilli-Elewy 9 Baghdad under Mongol Rule Michal Biran 10 The Economic Parameters of Baghdad and Its Hinterland Richard W. Bulliet Part 3: Baghdad's Neighbouring Empires 11 The 'Abbasids and the Byzantine Empire Olof Heilo 12 'Abbasid Caliphs and Frankish Kings Kirill Dmitriev and Klaus Oschema More-to-Know IiI: Sino-'Abbasid Relations in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries Angela Schottenhammer Part 4: The 'Abbasid Court and Its Legacy 13 Sketches of Court Culture in Baghdad Letizia Osti 14 City of Poets, Poets of the City Beatrice Gruendler 15 Prose Writing in Baghdad An Overview Isabel Toral More-to-Know IV: A "Golden Age" in Baghdad? Isabel Toral Part 5: Institutions of Learning and Fields of Knowledge 16 Knowledge and Learning in Baghdad Sebastian Gunther More-to-Know V: Medinan Scholars in Early 'Abbasid Baghdad Mehmetcan Akpinar 17 Philosophical and Scientific Learning in Baghdad Damien Janos Part 6: The Religious Communities 18 The Formation of Sunni and Shi'i Traditionalism Christopher Melchert More-to-Know Vi: Rational Theologians David Bennett 19 The Sufi School of Baghdad Persons and Teachings Pavel Basharin 20 Christian Communities in Baghdad and Its Hinterland Michael Morony 21 Jews in Baghdad during the 'Abbasid Period Y. Zvi Stampfer 22 Zoroastrians, Manichaeans and Gnostics in Baghdad and Its Hinterland Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst Epilogue Jens Scheiner Appendix: Original Sources featuring Baghdad Jens Scheiner Index

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