Shaping a Muslim state: the world of a mid-eighth-century Egyptian official

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-Isl...

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1. Verfasser: Sijpesteijn, Petra 1971- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2014
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Oxford studies in Byzantium
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (XXVII, 524 S., [20] Bl.) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780191758133
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199673902.001.0001