The caliph's splendor : Islam and the West in the golden age of Baghdad / Benson Bobrick.
By: Bobrick, Benson.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.Description: x, 284 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781416567622.Subject(s): Hārūn al-Rashīd, Caliph, approximately 763-809 | Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814 | Islam -- Relations -- Christianity | Christianity and other religions -- Islam | Islamic Empire -- Foreign relations -- Byzantine Empire | Byzantine Empire -- Foreign relations -- Islamic Empire | Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258 | Byzantine Empire -- History -- 527-1081Genre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 327.53049509/021| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | DS38.6 .B63 2012 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000005786 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-270) and index.
Minaret and tower -- The night of destiny -- King of kings -- Baghdad -- The culture of prosperity -- al-Andalus -- Greek fire -- Lombards, Saxons, and a poisoned crown -- "Iron Charles" -- Even the lowliest camel driver knew -- The harder they fall -- "Rum" and Khurasan -- The red soil of Tus -- The Siege of Baghdad -- Interregnum -- "Oval, square, and round" -- "City of the flower" -- Turban and cowl -- Appendix. The Umayyad caliphs of Damascus and the Abbasid caliphs of Baghdad.