Search Results: When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World, the Rise an… by Hugh Kennedy

Cambridge: Da Capo Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. 1st Thus. Hardcover. 0306814358 . (Cambridge, MA): Da Capo Press, (2005). First Edition, First Printing by this press. Large 8vo. xxv,326pp, Index, Bibliography, Notes. Hardcover. Fine condition in fine dj. 34 Illustrations, 4 Maps. The Abbasid caliphate was the greatest political power in the Islamic world and a continuation of the caliphate established by Abu Bakr and supporters immediately after the death of Prophet Muhammad in 632 until its collapse in the 930s and 940s. ISBN 0306814358; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 326 pages .

New York: Da Capo Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Baghdad was the center of the Arab caliphate during the "Golden Age of Islam" of the 9th and 10th centuries, growing to be the largest city worldwide by the beginning of the 10th century. It began to decline in the "Iranian Intermezzo" of the 9th to 11th centuries, and was destroyed in the Mongoliangb cf c invasion in 1258. The city was rebuilt and flourished under Ilkhanid rule but never rose to its former glory again. It was again sacked by Timur in 1401 and fell under Turkic rule. It was briefly taken by Safavid Persia in 1508, before falling to the Ottoman Empire in 1534. With the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, Baghdad fell under the British Mandate in… Read More