Baghdād : from its beginnings to the 14th century
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Baghdād : from its beginnings to the 14th century
(Handbuch der Orientalistik = Handbook of Oriental studies, section 1 . The Near and Middle East / edited by Maribel Fierro ... [et al.] ; v. 166)
Brill, c2022
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
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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