Al- Tabar: Volume 2, the Son and Grandsons of Al-Man S R: The Reigns of Al-Mahd, Al-H D and H R N Al-Rash D: The Early Abb S Empi

by Muhammad Ibn Jarir Al-Tabari

This 1989 second volume of Professor Williams' translation of al-Tabarī's account of the early 'Abbāsī empire focuses on the reigns of the son - al-Mahdī - and grandsons - al-Hadi and Hārūn al-Rashīd - of Caliph al-Mansūr, the subject of the first volume. This was the 'Golden Prime' of the empire, before the civil war between the sons of al-Rashīd and the movement of the capital away from Baghdad. Also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521159369
• ISBN13: 9780521159364
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"