Al- Tabari: Volume 2, The Son and Grandsons of al-Man sur: The Reigns of al-Mahdi, al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid

Author : Al-Tabari,John Alden Williams

Paperback

Published : Thursday 29 March 2012

ISBN : 9780521159364

Price : €36.26

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This 1989 second volume of Professor Williams' translation of al-Tabari's vivid account of the early 'Abbasi empire focuses on its 'Golden Prime': the reigns of the son - al-Mahdi - and grandsons - al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid - of Caliph al-Mansur, the subject of the first volume. The translator has a rare knowledge of Islamic culture and literature.

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