Umayyad legacies : : medieval memories from Syria to Spain / / edited by Antoine Borrut, Paul M. Cobb.

• Superior document: Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, v. 80
• Author: Institut français du Proche-Orient.
• TeilnehmendeR: Borrut, Antoine.; Cobb, Paul M., 1967-; Institut français du Proche-Orient.; University of Notre Dame. Medieval Institute.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic History and Civilization 80.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (548 p.)
• Notes: Includes selected papers from a conference organized by the Institut français du Proche-Orient (IFPO) and the University of Notre Dame's Medieval Institute held in Damascus, Syria, June 29-July 2, 2006.

The Umayyads, the first dynasty of Islam, ruled over a vast empire from their central province of Syria, providing a line of caliphs from 661 to 750. Another branch later ruled in al-Andalus – Islamic Spain – from 756 to 1031, ruling first as emirs and then as caliphs themselves. This book is the fi...