Articulating the Ḥijāba: Cultural Patronage and Political Legitimacy in Al-Andalus: The ʿĀmirid Regency C. 970-1010 AD

by Mariam Rosser-Owen

In Articulating the Ḥijāba, Mariam Rosser-Owen analyses for the first time the artistic and cultural patronage of the 'Amirid regents of the last Cordoban Umayyad caliph, Hisham II, a period rarely covered in the historiography of al-Andalus. Al-Mansur, the founder of this dynasty, is usually considered a usurper of caliphal authority, who pursued military victory at the expense of the transcendental achievements of the first two caliphs. But he also commissioned a vast extension to the Great Mosque of Cordoba, founded a palatine city, conducted skilled diplomatic relations, patronised a circle of court poets, and owned some of the most spectacular objects to survive from al-Andalus, in ivory and marble. This study presents the evidence for a reconsideration of this period.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004469133
• ISBN13: 9789004469136
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 504 Pages