The Shaping of 'Abbasid Rule

Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Part One: The Political Setting
I. The First Internal Crisis: The Succession to Abū Al-’Abbās
II. Fratricide and Family Politics: Did the Caliph Murder \'Abdallāh B. ’Alī?
III. The Provincial Administration: Old
IV. The Ruling Family and Its Clients (Mawālī): Reflections on a Conversation Among Notables
V. The Regiments of the Imperial Army: Notes on Al-Jāḥiẓ\'s Epistle to Al-Fatḥ B. Khāqān
Part Two: The Physical Setting
VI. Before Baghdad: The Early ’Abbāsid Centers of Government in Iraq
VII. Baghdad: Legendary Origins and Historic Realities
VIII. The Topography of Baghdad in Retrospect: The Government Sector and Urban Development
Postscript
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index