Abd al-Rahman (Makers of the Muslim World)

CONTENTS......Page 6
FOREWORD......Page 8
1 THE FOURTEEN DAYS OF HAPPINESS OF ‘ABD AL-RAHMAN III (r. 912-61)......Page 12
WHAT WAS AL-ANDALUS?......Page 16
ARABS AND BERBERS,THE MUSLIM TRIBESMEN WHO CONQUERED AL-ANDALUS......Page 19
THE CONQUERED POPULATION AND THE PROCESS OF CONVERSION......Page 23
THE UMAYYAD EMIRS: CENTRALIZATION, LAW, AND CLIENTAGE......Page 29
EXTERNAL ENEMIES......Page 36
3 THE COLLAPSE OF UMAYYAD POWER AND ITS RECOVERY BY ‘ABD AL-RAHMAN III (912-28)......Page 40
MUSLIMS AGAINST MUSLIMS: THE UMAYYAD CONFRONTATION WITH ARABS, BERBERS, AND MUWALLADS\r......Page 41
UMAYYADS AGAINST UMAYYADS: THE REIGN OF THE EMIR ‘ABD ALLAH (r.888-912)......Page 45
A NEW BEGINNING: ‘ABD AL-RAHMAN III BECOMES EMIR (912)......Page 48
SECURING THE CENTRAL LANDS AND THE DEFEAT OF THE HAFSUNIDS (912-28)......Page 52
THE FRONTIER REGIONS......Page 59
THE ADOPTION OF THE CALIPHAL TITLE AND THE MINTING OF GOLD......Page 64
EXTENDING UMAYYAD POWER IN THE FRONTIER REGIONS: THE FALL OF TOLEDO AND ZARAGOZA......Page 71
BETRAYAL: THE BATTLE OF SIMANCAS-ALHANDEGA (939)......Page 75
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CHRISTIAN POLITIES......Page 79
CONFLICT WITH THE FATIMIDS AND NORTH AFRICAN POLICIES......Page 84
THE CALIPH’S FAMILY......Page 90
MEN OF THE SWORD AND MEN OF THE PEN......Page 95
SLAVES AND EUNUCHS......Page 101
HIERARCHIES AND EGALITARIANISM AMONG THE MUSLIM POPULATION......Page 104
CHRISTIANS AND JEWS......Page 109
THE CARROT AND THE STICK......Page 116
CORDOBA AND MADINAT AL-ZAHRA’......Page 120
THE WRITING OF HISTORY......Page 128
SCHOLARS AND MEN OF LETTERS......Page 131
RELIGIOUS POLICIES AND THE MALIKI IDENTITY......Page 136
7 ‘ABD AL-RAHMAN III’S LEGACY......Page 144
Appendix HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT \'ABD AL-RAHMAN III?......Page 148
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 152
INDEX......Page 156