Joshua Mabra, Princely Authority in the Early Marwānid State: The Life of ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Marwān

Those subject to Arab-Islamic rule are likely to have wondered at the life span of the new religio-political order at the close of the first/seventh century. The conquerors were a quarrelsome lot, as quick to engage in internecine violence as they were to subdue local opposition: the ‘believers’ we...

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Main Author: Matthew S. Gordon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2017-11-01
Series:Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/alusur/article/view/7004