Iraq After The Muslim Conquest / / Michael G. Morony.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015
• VerfasserIn: Morony, Michael G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Perspectives on Society and Culture
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (726 p.)

Morony compares conditions in late Sasanian and early Islamic Iraq in the seventh century AD and depicts both the emergence of a local form of Islamic society, and the interaction of Muslim conquerors from Arabia with the native population.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction THE QUESTION OF CONTINUITY -- Part I ADMINISTRATION -- Chapter 1 ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY AND PRACTICE -- Chapter 2 TAXES -- Chapter 3 ADMINISTRATIVE GEOGRAPHY -- Part II PEOPLE -- Introduction -- Chapter 4 ARAMAEANS -- Chapter 5 PERSIANS -- Chapter 6 ARABS: NATIVES -- Chapter 7 ARABS: IMMIGRANTS -- Chapter 8 ARABS: ASSIMILATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE -- Chapter 9 OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS -- Part III RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES -- Introduction -- Chapter 10 MAGI ANS -- Chapter 11 JEWS -- Chapter 12 CHRISTIANS -- Chapter 13 PAGANS AND GNOSTICS -- Chapter 14 MUSLIMS: THE FORMATION OF THE COMMUNITY -- Chapter 15 MUSLIMS: DOCTRINES OF AUTHORITY AND REBELLION -- Conclusion THE NATURE OF CONTINUITY -- Glossary -- Resources -- Index -- AUTHOR INDEX