Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court
Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of Al-Muqtadir
2013
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The reign of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32) is a crucial epoch in Abbasid history. Four scholars question the picture of decline attached to this period, exploring the formal and informal power relationships that shaped politics at the court of this caliph.
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Hugh Kennedy
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NOTE: There is more than one author with this name on Goodreads. Hugh^Kennedy Has studies Arabic at the Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies. Went on to read Arabic, Persian & History at Cambridge. Taught in the Department of Medieval History at St Andrews since 1972, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2000).
