Power, patronage, and memory in early Islam : perspectives on Umayyad elites /
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| Other Authors / Creators: | George, Alain, editor. Marsham, Andrew, 1973- editor. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018] |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: Umayyad Elites and the Foundation of the Islamic Empire
- Part I. Caliphal Authority in Text and Image
- 1. "God's Caliph" Revisited: Umayyad Political Thought in Its Late Antique Context
- 2. Paradise or Empire? On a Paradox of Umayyad Art
- 3. A Qur'anic Script from Umayyad Times: Around the Codex of Fustat
- Part II. Patronage and Power: The Evidence of the "Desert Castles"
- 4. Hisham's Balancing Act: The Case of Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi
- 5. Khanasira and Andarin (Northern Syria) in the Umayyad Period and a New Arabic Tax Document
- 6. Two Possible Caliphal Representations from Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi and Their Implication for the History of the Site
- 7. Umayyad Palace Iconography: On the Practical Aspects of Artistic Creation
- Part III. Historiography and Historical Memory
- 8. Christians in Umayyad Iraq: Decentralization and Expansion (600-750)
- 9. The Future of the Past: Historical Writing in Early Islamic Syria and Umayyad Memory
- 10. Caliphs and Conquerors: Images of the Marwanids and Their Agents in Narratives of the Conquest of Iberia
- 11. The Umayyads in Contemporary Arab TV Drama: 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz and al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf in Musalsalat
- Index