Abd Al-Aziz Duri

Early Islamic Institutions

Administration and Taxation from the Caliphate to the Umayyads and Abbasids

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The rapid expansion of the early Islamic world is conventionally ascribed to a combination of brilliant military leadership and religious fervor. In this book, Abd-Al-Aziz Duri demonstrates how the growth, development, and durability of early Islamic governance derived from highly sophisticated systems of administration (in which the idea of a Muslim ummah was the central feature) as well as efficient mechanisms for taxation and tax collection. The fact that in a highly dynamic period of Islamic history a seamless system of administration could endure for several centuries, from the early Muslim conquests and the later Umayyad era to the end… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84885-060-6
EAN: 9781848850606
Produktnummer: 4879699
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 232 S.
Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm 511 g
Gewicht: 511

Über den Autor

Abdulaziz Duri is Professor of History at the University of Jordan. He was previously President of Baghdad University between 1963 and 1968. He is the author of The Historical Formation of the Arab Nation: A Study in Identity and Consciousness (1987), and a range of other books on Islamic History and Arab Nationalism.