The History of Al-Tabari: 'Abbasid Authority Affirmed

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ISBN: 9780791418963 | 0791418960
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Copyright: 4/1/1995

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The initial years of al-Mansur's reign presented several significant challenges to nascent Abbasid hegemony, and the resulting confrontations constitute the central focus of this section of Tabari's Tarikh.

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Preface
Abbreviations
Translator's Foreword
The Caliphate of Abu Ja`far al-Mansur
The Events of the Year 136 (cont'd) (753-754)
The Events of the Year 137 (754-755)
An Account of Abu Muslim's Murder and the Reason for It
The Episode of Sunbadh
The Events of The Year 138 (755-756)
The Reason Jahwar Turned against al-Mansur
How al-Mulabbid Came to Be Killed
The Events of the Year 139 (756-757)
The Arrest of `Abdallah b. `Ali
The Events of the Year 140 (757-758)
The Death of the Governor of Khurasan and What Brought It About
The Events of the Year 141 (758-759)
The Rawandiyyah Affair and How Abu Ja`far al-Mansur Dealt with Them
The Events of the Year 142 (759-760)
Why `Uyaynah b. Musa b. Ka`b Renounced His Allegiance
The Affair of the Isbahbadh and the Muslims
The Events of the Year 143 (760-761)
The Raid on al-Daylam
The Events of the Year 144 (761-762)
The Reason Abu Ja`far Dismissed Muhammad b. Khalid and Appointed Riyah b. `Uthman, Having Removed Ziyad b. `Ubaydallah al-Harithi at the Instance of Muhammad b. Khalid
The Reason [the Descendants of Hasan] Were Transported to Iraq and How Matters Stood for Them at That Time
The Remaining Account of Events for 144
The Reason [Abu Ja`far] Had [the Descendants of Hasan] Transported to Iraq
The Events of the Year 145 (762-763)
The Rebellion of Muhammad b. `Abdallah and His Murder
The Uprising of the Blacks in Medina in This Year and What Incited It
The Reason Abu Ja`far Built Baghdad
The Reason for Ibrahim b. `Abdallah's Revolt and Murder and How It Came About
Bibliography of Cited Works
Index
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The History of Al-Tabari: 'Abbasid Authority Affirmed

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