Abd Al-Rahman III The First Cordoban Caliph

, by Fierro, Maribel

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ISBN: 9781851683840 | 1851683844
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 5/1/2005

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Covers the 10th-century founder of the great Cordova Caliphate.

Maribel Fierro is Investigador Cientifico at the Departmento de Estudios Arabes, CSIC, Spain

Foreword

vii

The Fourteen Days of Happiness of `Abd Al-Rahman III (r. 912-61)

(4)

Al-Andalus Before the Second Umayyad Caliphate

(24)

What was al-Andalus?

(3)

Arabs and Berbers, the Muslim tribesmen who conquered al-Andalus

(4)

The conquered population and the process of conversion

(6)

The Umayyad emirs: centralization, law, and clientage

(7)

External enemies

(4)

The Collapse of Umayyad Power and Its Recovery By `Abd Al-Rahman III (912-28)

(24)

Muslims against Muslims: the Umayyad confrontation with Arabs, Berbers, and Muwallads

(4)

Umayyads against Umayyads: the reign of emir `Abd Allah (r. 888-912)

(3)

A new beginning: `Abd al-Rahman III becomes emir (912)

(4)

Securing the central lands and the defeat of the Hafsunids (912-28)

(7)

The frontier regions

(5)

Caliphate and Consolidation (929-61)

(26)

The adoption of the caliphal title and the minting of gold

(7)

Extending Umayyad power in the frontier regions: the fall of Toledo and Zaragoza

(4)

Betrayal: the battle of Simancas-Alhandega (939)

(4)

Relationships with the Christian polities

(5)

Conflict with the Fatimids and North African policies

(6)

The Caliph's Family and His Men

(26)

The caliph's family

(5)

Men of the sword and men of the pen

(6)

Slaves and eunuchs

(3)

Hierarchies and egalitarianism among the Muslim population

(5)

Christians and Jews

(7)

Building the Caliphate: Stick, Stones, and Words

105

(28)

The carrot and the stick

105

(4)

Cordoba and Madinat al-Zahra'

109

(8)

The writing of history

117

(3)

Scholars and men of letters

120

(5)

Religious policies and the Maliki identity

125

(8)

`Abd Al-Rahman III's Legacy

133

(4)

Appendix: How do we know what we know about `Abd al-Rahman III?

137

(4)

Bibliography

141

(4)

Index

145

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Abd Al-Rahman III The First Cordoban Caliph

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