Andrew Marsham - The Umayyad World

The Umayyad World

The Umayyad World encompasses the archaeology, history, art and architecture of the Umayyad era (644750 CE ).

This era was formative both for world history and for the history of Islam. Subjects covered in detail in this collection include regions conquered in Umayyad times, ethnic and religious identity among the conquerors, political thought and culture, administration and the law, art and architecture, the history of religion, pilgrimage and the Quran, and violence and rebellion. Close attention is paid to new methods of analysis and interpretation, including source critical studies of the historiography and inter-disciplinary approaches combining literary sources and material evidence.

Scholars of Islamic history, archaeologists, and researchers interested in the Umayyad Caliphate, its context, and influence on the wider world, will find much to enjoy in this volume.

Andrew Marsham is Reader in Classical Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Queens College. His publications include Rituals of Islamic Monarchy (2009) and, with Alain George, Power, Patronage and Memory in Early Islam (2018).

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The Umayyad World

Edited by Andrew Marsham

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The Umayyad World

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Andrew Marsham

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Contents

Andrew Marsham

Fred M. Donner

Sean W. Anthony

Peter Webb

Katharina Meinecke

Marie Legendre

Lucian Reinfandt

Mathieu Tillier

Steven Judd

Milka Levy-Rubin

Alison M. Vacca

Denis Genequand

Veronica Morriss and Donald Whitcomb

Corisande Fenwick

Eduardo Manzano Moreno

Arezou Azad

Harry Munt

Gerald Hawting

Suleiman A. Mourad

Ilkka Lindstedt

lonore Cellard

Basema Hamarneh

Hannah-Lena Hagemann and Peter Verkinderen

Majied Robinson

Edward Coghill

Mateusz Wilk

Sean W. Anthony is Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the Ohio State University; he is the author of numerous articles and books including, most recently,