Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of Al-Andalus
- ISBN-10
- 0582495156
- ISBN-13
- 9780582495159
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 342
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Authors
- Hugh N. Kennedy, Professor of Arabic Hugh Kennedy
Description
1. The Conquest and the Age of the Amirs, 711-56 -- 2. The Umayyad Amirate, 756-852 -- 3. Muhammad, al-Mundhir and 'Abd Allah: the Slide into Anarchy, 852-912 -- 4. The Golden Age of the Umayyad Caliphate, 912-76 -- 5. The 'Amirids and the Collapse of the Caliphate of Cordoba -- 6. The Taifa Kingdoms -- 7. The Empire of the Almoravids -- 8. The Second Taifas -- 9. The Early Almohad Caliphate -- 10. The Later Almohad Caliphate -- 11. The Nasrids of Granada -- Farewell to al-Andalus -- App. 1. Governors of al-Andalus and Taifa Kings -- App. 2. Family Trees of the Ruling Dynasties of al-Andalus.
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