Shaping a Muslim State The World of a Mid-Eighth-Century Egyptian Official |
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| Author:
| Sijpesteijn, Petra M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-967390-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $299.05AUD $365.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume provides a synthetic study of the political, social, and economic processes which formed early Islamic Egypt. Looking at a corpus of previously unknown Arabic papyrus letters, Sijpesteijn examines the reasons for the success of the early Arab conquests and the transition from the pre-Islamic Byzantine system to an Arab/Muslim state.
This volume provides a synthetic study of the political, social, and economic processes which formed early Islamic Egypt. Looking at a corpus of previously unknown Arabic papyrus letters, Sijpesteijn examines the reasons for the success of the early Arab conquests and the transition from the pre-Islamic Byzantine system to an Arab/Muslim state.