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This book presents a detailed in-depth study, primarily based on primary Arabic sources, of the background, history and the consequences of the rebellion of Muhammad b. ʿAbdallah b. al-Hasan b. al-Hasan b. ʿAli b. Abi Talib, better known as al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, in 145/762, during the reign of the Abbasid Caliph, Abu Jaʿfar al-Mansur. It focuses on the relations between the early Abbasid and the different Talibi-(Shiʿi) families - mainly the Hasanis and the Husaynis - and the internal struggles between these factions for the legitimacy of authority.
Price: $295.00
Pages: 528
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Islamic History and Civilization
Publication Date:
13 November 2015
ISBN: 9789004229891
Format: Hardcover
Amikam Elad, Ph.D. 1987, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Professor of Medieval Islamic History. He is particularly interested in the history of the early Abbasid Caliphate and the history of Syria and Palestine during the early Muslim period, with a special focus on Jerusalem. He is the author of numerous articles and Medieval Jerusalem and Islamic Worship, Holy Places, Ceremonies (Brill, 1995).