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Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity
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by Patricia Crone
Sales Rank: 691613
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List Price: $43.00
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Cover Type: Paperback with 316 pages
Published by: Cambridge University Press October 30, 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0521529409
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521529402
Book Dimensions:
8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
Weighs: 13.6 ounces
Product Description
Slave soldiers are a distinctively Muslim phenomenon. Though virtually unknown in the non-Muslim world, they have been a constant and pervasive feature of the Muslim Middle East from the ninth century AD into modern times. Why did Muslim rulers choose to place military and political power in the hands of imported slaves? It is this question which Dr Crone seeks to answer. Concentrating on the period from the rise of the Umayyads to the dissolution of the 'Abbasid empire (roughly AD 650-850), she documents the consequences of the fusion between religion and politics in Islam, which she sees as an essential forging characteristic of the Muslim social structure and state. Primarily addressed to specialists and advanced students of Arabic and Islamic history, the book will also appeal to comparative historians and social anthropologists.
Book Description
Concentrating on the period from the rise of the Umayyads to the dissolution of the 'Abbasid empire (roughly AD 650-850), she documents the consequences of the fusion between religion and politics in Islam, which she sees as an essential forging characteristic of the Muslim social structure and state.
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This review is from: Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity (Hardcover)
It is a pity this book is out of print, because no other work so clearly describes the challenges facing the early Caliphs (Khalifa) as they were compelled to turn their divinely inspired kingdom into a very earthly empire with something approaching a regular army. The early Islamic conquests were made by the entire mass of (male) believers, organized on tribal lines, responding to the call of the Khalifa...but such a force was unreliable and as likely to kill the Caliph as defend him.. Crone analyzes the alternatives pursued as the Caliphs moved from being successors to the Prophet to Kings in their own right. Brilliantly done-
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