Loyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society

by Roy Mottahedeh

Book Overview

This masterful portrait of an Islamic society undergoing a great social upheaval has become one of the most significant contributions to our understanding of pre-modern Islamic history. Loyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society concentrates on the Buyid dynasty that ruled in Iran and Iraq during the 10th and II centuries, a period when the Abbasids were in decline and power had fallen into the hands of military groups who could not legitimise...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860641814
• ISBN13: 9781860641817
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"