The Islamic–Byzantine Border in History : : From the Rise of Islam to the End of the Crusades / / ed. by Deborah Tor, Alexander Beihammer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• MitwirkendeR: Beihammer, Alexander D.,
• HerausgeberIn: Beihammer, Alexander,; Tor, Deborah,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (257 p.) :; 10 B/W illustrations

Explores the significance of the Islamic-Byzantine border from the rise of Islam to the end of the CrusadesPresents the first work dedicated entirely to the Islamic-Byzantine BorderProvides a comparative perspective, featuring both leading Byzantinists and leading researchers of the Islamic worldUni...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• ILLUSTRATIONS
• NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• 1 THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ISLAMIC–BYZANTINE BORDER: FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY TO 1291
• 2 THE BYZANTINE–MUSLIM FRONTIER FROM THE ARAB CONQUESTS TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SELJUK TURKS
• 3 THE FORMATION OF AL-ʿAWĀṢIM
• 4 CAUCASIAN ELITES BETWEEN BYZANTIUM AND THE CALIPHATE IN THE EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD
• 5 BYZANTINE BORDERS WERE STATE ARTEFACTS, NOT ‘FLUID ZONES OF INTERACTION’
• 6 A CHRISTIAN INSURGENCY IN ISLAMIC SYRIA: THE JARĀJIMA (MARDAITES) BETWEEN BYZANTIUM AND THE CALIPHATE
• 7 THE CHARACTER OF UMAYYAD ART: THE MEDITERRANEAN TRADITION
• 8 BYZANTINE HEROES AND SAINTS OF THE ARAB–BYZANTINE BORDER (NINTH–TENTH CENTURIES)
• 9 A COSMOPOLITAN FRONTIER STATE: THE MARWĀNIDS OF DIYĀR BAKR, 990–1085, AND THE PERFORMANCE OF POWER
• 10 BYZANTINE POPULATION POLICY IN THE EASTERN BORDERLAND BETWEEN BYZANTIUM AND THE CALIPHATE FROM THE SEVENTH TO THE TWELFTH CENTURIES
• 11 THE ISLAMIC–BYZANTINE FRONTIER IN SELJUQ ANATOLIA
• SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX