Baghdād : from its beginnings to the 14th century / edited by Jens Scheiner, Isabel Toral.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scheiner, Jens J., 1976- editor.

Toral, Isabel, editor.

Series:

Handbook of Oriental studies. Near and Middle East (2014) ; Section 1, v. 166.

Handbook of oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section one the Near and Middle East, ; volume 166

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baghdad (Iraq)--History--To 1500.

Baghdad (Iraq).

Iraq--Baghdad.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xliii, 901 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Summary:

"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 Akpınar, Nuha Alshaar, Pavel Basharin, David Bennett, Michal Biran, Richard W. Bulliet, Kirill Dmitriev, Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst, Hend Gilli-Elewy, Beatrice Gruendler, Sebastian Günther, 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Baghdād's Topography and Social Composition A Historical Sketch / Jens Scheiner and Isabel Toral

Legends about the Foundation of a Marvelous City / Isabel Toral

Islamic Art and Architecture in Pre-Mongol Baghdād / Bernard O'Kane

More-to-Know I: The Foundation of al-Manṣūr's Palatial City and Its Horoscope / Johannes Thomann

More-to-Know Ii: Was Madīnat al-Salām a "Round City"? / Jens Scheiner

Ctesiphon and Its Surroundings, Precursors of Baghdād / Parvaneh Pourshariati

The Early Abbāsid Caliphs as Commanders and Constructors / Jens Scheiner

Baghdād under Būyid Rule / Nuha Alshaa

Baghdād under the Saljūqs / Vanessa Van Renterghem

Baghdād under the Late Abbāsid Caliphs / Hend Gilli-Elewy

Baghdād under Mongol Rule / Michal Biran

The Economic Parameters of Baghdād and Its Hinterland / Richard W. Bulliet

The Abbāsids and the Byzantine Empire / Olof Heilo

Abbāsid Caliphs and Frankish Kings / Kirill Dmitriev and Klaus Oschema

More-to-Know IiI: Sino-Abbāsid Relations in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries / Angela Schottenhammer

Sketches of Court Culture in Baghdād / Letizia Osti

City of Poets, Poets of the City / Beatrice Gruendler

Prose Writing in Baghdād An Overview / Isabel Toral

More-to-Know IV: A "Golden Age" in Baghdād? / Isabel Toral

Knowledge and Learning in Baghdad / Sebastian Günther

More-to-Know V: Medinan Scholars in Early Abbāsid Baghdād / Mehmetcan Akpınar

Philosophical and Scientific Learning in Baghdād / Damien Janos

The Formation of Sunnīand ShīīTraditionalism / Christopher Melchert

More-to-Know Vi: Rational Theologians / David Bennett

The Ṣūfī School of Baghdād Persons and Teachings / Pavel Basharin

Christian Communities in Baghdād and Its Hinterland / Michael Morony

Jews in Baghdād during the Abbāsid Period / Y. Zvi Stampfer

Zoroastrians, Manichaeans and Gnostics in Baghdād and Its

Hinterland / Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Baghdād

ISBN:

9789004513365

9004513361

OCLC:

1303079550