Caliphs And Merchants
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Caliphs And Merchants
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Author : Fanny Bessard
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020-04-22
Caliphs And Merchants written by Fanny Bessard and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-22 with History categories.
The foundation of the Muslim world from 700 to 950 was a seminal period in history, when the Near East enjoyed an age of political unity, prosperity, and cultural dominance. This volume offers new insights into the origins of the economic success of the early Islamic Caliphate, drawing instructive parallels within the contemporary Eurasian context.
Caliphs And Merchants
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Author : Fanny Bessard
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-10-09
Caliphs And Merchants written by Fanny Bessard and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-09 with History categories.
Caliphs and Merchants: Cities and Economies of Power in the Near East (700-950) offers fresh perspectives on the origins of the economic success of the early Islamic Caliphate, identifying a number of previously unnoticed or underplayed yet crucial developments, such as the changing conditions of labour, attitudes towards professional associations, and the interplay between the state, Islamic religious institutions, and the economy. Moving beyond the well-studied transition between the death of Justinian in 565 and the Arab-Muslim conquests in the seventh century, the volume focuses on the period between 700 and 950 during which the Islamic world asserted its identity and authority. Whilst the extraordinary prosperity of Near Eastern cities and economies during this time was not unprecedented when one considers the early Imperial Roman world, the aftermath of the Arab-Muslim conquests saw a deep transformation of urban retail and craft which marked a distinct break from the past. It explores the mechanisms effecting these changes, from the increasing involvement of caliphs and their governors in the patronage of urban economies, to the empowerment of enriched entrepreneurial tāğir from the ninth century. Combining detailed analysis of a large corpus of literary sources in Arabic with presentation of new physical and epigraphic evidence, and utilizing an innovative approach which is both comparative and global, the discussion lucidly locates the Middle East within the contemporary Eurasian context and draws instructive parallels between the Islamic world and Western Christendom, Byzantium, South-East Asia, and China.
Tales Of The Caliph
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Author : H. N. Crellin
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-09-15
Tales Of The Caliph written by H. N. Crellin and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-15 with Fiction categories.
Tales of the Caliph is a series of tales featuring the hardship and adventures of Caliph Harun al-Rashid, who was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate reigning from September 786 until his death. His reign is traditionally regarded to be the beginning of the Islamic Golden Age. Excerpt: "The Caliph, being on a tour of inspection through the various provinces of his empire, chanced on a certain occasion to be stopping at Bussora. And one evening, disguised, as was his wont, as a merchant, and, as usual, accompanied only by his faithful Grand Vizier, Giafer, he strolled through the bazaars silent and observant. Meeting with nothing worthy of arresting his particular attention, he wandered on until he came at length to some very narrow and mean lanes near the waterside."
Merchant Capital And Islam
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Author : Mahmood Ibrahim
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2014-05-23
Merchant Capital And Islam written by Mahmood Ibrahim and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-23 with Religion categories.
The rise of merchant capital in Mecca conditioned the development of Meccan social, economic, religious, and political structure. Mahmood Ibrahim traces the roots of capitalism from the emergence of merchants as the main force in Mecca through the first civil war in Islam (656–661). Through a rereading of original Arabic sources and drawing from modern scholarship on the subject, Ibrahim offers a new interpretation of the rise of Islam. He argues that Islam contributed certain institutional beliefs and practices that unblocked obstacles and helped merchants gain political and economic hegemony over western Asia. Ibrahim contends that, with the conquest of Mecca, the newly formed Muslim state spread its control to the rest of Arabia, which mobilized a significant social force and allowed for further expansion outside Arabia, thus extending merchant control to include new surplus-producing regions, a vast network of trade routes, and wider markets. This extensively researched study offers a new interpretation of the history of Islam, including the formation of Islamic society and the unfolding of the first civil war. In offering a better understanding of the Umayyad Caliphate that ruled Islam for a century to come, Ibrahim helps lay the groundwork for understanding the Middle East as it is today. Of interest to scholars of Middle Eastern studies, this important work will be necessary reading for students of Near Eastern and North African history, as well as students of the history of Medieval Europe.
Sea Of The Caliphs
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Author : Christophe Picard
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2018-01-21
Sea Of The Caliphs written by Christophe Picard and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-21 with History categories.
Christophe Picard recounts the adventures of Muslim sailors who competed with Greek and Latin seamen for control of the 7th-century Mediterranean. By the time Christian powers took over trade routes in the 13th century, a Muslim identity that operated within, and in opposition to, Europe had been shaped by encounters across the sea of the caliphs.
The Great Caliphs
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Author : Amira K. Bennison
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-07-30
The Great Caliphs written by Amira K. Bennison and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-30 with History categories.
The flowering of the 'Abbasid caliphate between 750 and 1258 CE is often considered the classical age of Islamic civilization. In the preceding 120 years the Arabs had conquered much of the known world of antiquity and established a vast empire stretching from Spain to China. But was this empire really so very different, as has sometimes been claimed, from what it superseded? The Great Caliphs creatively explores the immense achievements of the 'Abbasid age through the lens of Mediterranean history. When the Umayyad caliphs were replaced by the 'Abbasids in 750, and the Arab capital moved to Baghdad, Iraq quickly became the centre not only of an imperium but also of a culture built on the foundations of the great civilizations of antiquity: Greece, Rome, Byzantium and Persia. Debunking popular misconceptions about the Arab conquests, Amira Bennison shows that, far from seeing themselves as purging the 'occidental' culture of the ancient world with a 'pure' and 'oriental' Islamic doctrine, the 'Abbasids perceived themselves to be as much within the tradition of Mediterranean and Near Eastern empire as any of their predecessors. Like other outsiders who inherited the Roman Empire, the Arabs had as much interest in preserving as in destroying, even while they were challenged by the paganism of the past. Indebted to that past while building creatively on its foundations, the 'Abbasids and their rulers inculcated and nurtured precisely the 'civilized' values which western civilization so often claims to represent.
Tales Of The Caliphs
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Author : Claud Field
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909
Tales Of The Caliphs written by Claud Field and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with Abbasids categories.
Tales Of The Caliph
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Author : H. N. Crellin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
Tales Of The Caliph written by H. N. Crellin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Arabic literature categories.
Caliphs And Sultans
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Author : Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1868
Caliphs And Sultans written by Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1868 with Arabs categories.
Uthman Bin Affan The Thrid Caliph Of Islam
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Author : Abdul Basit Ahmad
language : en
Publisher: Darussalam
Release Date : 2004
Uthman Bin Affan The Thrid Caliph Of Islam written by Abdul Basit Ahmad and has been published by Darussalam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Caliphs categories.
Uthman bin Affan was one of the early men who accepted Islam in Makkah. From the first moment he became a Muslim, he put all his wealth under the service of Islam. He spent most of his resources to satisfy the needs of poor Muslims. Recognizing his generosity and devotion to Islam, the Prophet told him that his place would be in Paradise on the Hereafter. He married Ruqayah the Prophet's daughter. After she died, he married her sister Um Kulthum, for that, the people at that time called him Dhun Nurain, "The Man with the Two Lights."--Page 4 of cover