Baghd?d
From Its Beginnings to the 14th Century
Publisher: BRILL
Date of Publication: 28 July 2022
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| ISBN13: | 9789004513365 |
| ISBN10: | 9004513361 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 904 pages |
| Size: | 235x155 mm |
| Weight: | 1862 g |
| Language: | |
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Short description:
Baghd?d: From Its Beginnings to the 14th Century offers an exhaustive handbook that covers all possible themes connected to the history of this urban complex from its beginnings up to the 14th century.
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Baghd?d: 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 ?Abb?sids, 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 Baghd?d?s urban life, and shows how it was marked by its destiny as caliphal seat and cultural hub.
Contributors
Mehmetcan Akp?nar, 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.
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 ?Abb?sids, 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 Baghd?d?s urban life, and shows how it was marked by its destiny as caliphal seat and cultural hub.
Contributors
Mehmetcan Akp?nar, 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.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Transliteration and Style
List of Figures
AbbreviationsVi
Notes on ContributorsVii
1 Baghd?d?s Topography and Social Composition A Historical Sketch
Jens Scheiner and Isabel Toral
Part 1: The Foundation of Mad?nat al
2 Legends about the Foundation of a Marvelous City
Isabel Toral
3 Islamic Art and Architecture in Pre
-Mongol Baghd?d
Bernard O?Kane
More
-to
-Know I: The Foundation of al
-Man??r?s Palatial City and Its Horoscope
Johannes Thomann
More
-to
-Know Ii: Was Mad?nat al
-Sal?m a ?Round City??
Jens Scheiner
4 Ctesiphon and Its Surroundings, Precursors of Baghd?d
Parvaneh Pourshariati
5 The Early ?Abb?sid Caliphs as Commanders and Constructors
Jens Scheiner
6 Baghd?d under B?yid Rule
Nuha Alshaar
7 Baghd?d under the Salj?qs
Vanessa Van Renterghem
8 Baghd?d under the Late ?Abb?sid Caliphs
Hend Gilli
-Elewy
9 Baghd?d under Mongol Rule
Michal Biran
10 The Economic Parameters of Baghd?d and Its Hinterland
Richard W. Bulliet
11 The ?Abb?sids and the Byzantine Empire
Olof Heilo
12 ?Abb?sid Caliphs and Frankish Kings
Kirill Dmitriev and Klaus Oschema
More
-to
-Know IiI: Sino
-?Abb?sid Relations in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries
Angela Schottenhammer
13 Sketches of Court Culture in Baghd?d
Letizia Osti
14 City of Poets, Poets of the City
Beatrice Gruendler
15 Prose Writing in Baghd?d An Overview
Isabel Toral
More
-to
-Know IV: A ?Golden Age? in Baghd?d?
Isabel Toral
16 Knowledge and Learning in Baghd?d
Sebastian Günther
More
-to
-Know V: Medinan Scholars in Early ?Abb?sid Baghd?d
Mehmetcan Akp?nar
17 Philosophical and Scientific Learning in Baghd?d
Damien Janos
18 The Formation of Sunn? and Sh??? Traditionalism
Christopher Melchert
More
-to
-Know Vi: Rational Theologians
David Bennett
19 The ??f? School of Baghd?d Persons and Teachings
Pavel Basharin
20 Christian Communities in Baghd?d and Its Hinterland
Michael Morony
21 Jews in Baghd?d during the ?Abb?sid Period
Y. Zvi Stampfer
22 Zoroastrians, Manichaeans and Gnostics in Baghd?d and Its Hinterland
Desmond Durkin
-Meisterernst
Epilogue
Jens Scheiner
Appendix: Original Sources featuring Baghd?d
Jens Scheiner
Index
Acknowledgements
Notes on Transliteration and Style
List of Figures
AbbreviationsVi
Notes on ContributorsVii
1 Baghd?d?s Topography and Social Composition A Historical Sketch
Jens Scheiner and Isabel Toral
Part 1: The Foundation of Mad?nat al
-Sal?m and Its Legends
2 Legends about the Foundation of a Marvelous City
Isabel Toral
3 Islamic Art and Architecture in Pre
-Mongol Baghd?d
Bernard O?Kane
More
-to
-Know I: The Foundation of al
-Man??r?s Palatial City and Its Horoscope
Johannes Thomann
More
-to
-Know Ii: Was Mad?nat al
-Sal?m a ?Round City??
Jens Scheiner
Part 2: A Historical Overview from Late Antiquity to the Mongol Period
4 Ctesiphon and Its Surroundings, Precursors of Baghd?d
Parvaneh Pourshariati
5 The Early ?Abb?sid Caliphs as Commanders and Constructors
Jens Scheiner
6 Baghd?d under B?yid Rule
Nuha Alshaar
7 Baghd?d under the Salj?qs
Vanessa Van Renterghem
8 Baghd?d under the Late ?Abb?sid Caliphs
Hend Gilli
-Elewy
9 Baghd?d under Mongol Rule
Michal Biran
10 The Economic Parameters of Baghd?d and Its Hinterland
Richard W. Bulliet
Part 3: Baghd?d?s Neighbouring Empires
11 The ?Abb?sids and the Byzantine Empire
Olof Heilo
12 ?Abb?sid Caliphs and Frankish Kings
Kirill Dmitriev and Klaus Oschema
More
-to
-Know IiI: Sino
-?Abb?sid Relations in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries
Angela Schottenhammer
Part 4: The ?Abb?sid Court and Its Legacy
13 Sketches of Court Culture in Baghd?d
Letizia Osti
14 City of Poets, Poets of the City
Beatrice Gruendler
15 Prose Writing in Baghd?d An Overview
Isabel Toral
More
-to
-Know IV: A ?Golden Age? in Baghd?d?
Isabel Toral
Part 5: Institutions of Learning and Fields of Knowledge
16 Knowledge and Learning in Baghd?d
Sebastian Günther
More
-to
-Know V: Medinan Scholars in Early ?Abb?sid Baghd?d
Mehmetcan Akp?nar
17 Philosophical and Scientific Learning in Baghd?d
Damien Janos
Part 6: The Religious Communities
18 The Formation of Sunn? and Sh??? Traditionalism
Christopher Melchert
More
-to
-Know Vi: Rational Theologians
David Bennett
19 The ??f? School of Baghd?d Persons and Teachings
Pavel Basharin
20 Christian Communities in Baghd?d and Its Hinterland
Michael Morony
21 Jews in Baghd?d during the ?Abb?sid Period
Y. Zvi Stampfer
22 Zoroastrians, Manichaeans and Gnostics in Baghd?d and Its Hinterland
Desmond Durkin
-Meisterernst
Epilogue
Jens Scheiner
Appendix: Original Sources featuring Baghd?d
Jens Scheiner
Index
