FROM ARABIAN TRIBES TO ISLAMIC EMPIRE by Patricia Crone ( 9780754659259 )

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FROM ARABIAN TRIBES TO ISLAMIC EMPIRE
ARMY, STATE AND SOCIETY IN THE NEAR EAST C.600-850

By:

Patricia Crone

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Hardback

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0754659259

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9780754659259

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

1 January, 2008

Series:

Variorum Collected Studies Series

Pages:

320

Description:

Focuses on the changes that the Arab tribesmen underwent thanks to settlement outside Arabia, their strained relations with converts from the conquered population, and their gradual eclipse by them. This work brings together studies on the development of early Muslim society, from shortly after the Prophet's death until the mid-Abbasid period.

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This second collection of articles by Patricia Crone brings together studies on the development of early Muslim society, above all the army with which it was originally synonymous, from shortly after the Prophet's death until the mid-Abbasid period. The focus is on the changes that the Arab tribesmen underwent thanks to settlement outside Arabia, their strained relations with converts from the conquered population, and their gradual eclipse by them.

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Ashgate Publishing Limited

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