The rise of a capital : : Al-Fustat and its hinterland, 18/639-132/750 / / by Jelle Bruning.

• Author: Bruning, Jelle.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2018]
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic History and Civilization 153.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 pages).

In The Rise of a Capital: Al-Fusṭāṭ and Its Hinterland, 18/639-132/750 , Jelle Bruning maps al-Fusṭāṭ’s development from a garrison town founded by Muslim conquerors near modern Cairo (Egypt) in c. 640 C.E. into a bustling provincial capital a century later. Synthesising contemporary papyri, archaeology and narrative sources, this book argues that al-Fusṭāṭ’s position in Egypt changed with the different policies of the Rightly-Guided and Umayyad caliphs and their provincial representatives. Because these policies affected the town’s centrality in the administration as well as in commercial and legal networks throughout Egypt, from Alexandria in the north to Aswan in the south, The Rise of a Capital offers valuable new insights into Egypt’s society during the first century of Muslim rule.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Motto -- Acknowledgements -- Transliteration, Dates, and Toponyms -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Introduction -- The Administrative Relationship between Alexandria and al-Fusṭāṭ -- The Commercial Development of Alexandria after the Foundation of al-Fusṭāṭ -- Changes in the Military Administration of Upper Egypt and Its Relationship with al-Fusṭāṭ -- Al-Fusṭāṭ and the Legal Administration of Upper Egypt -- General Conclusion: On the Development of al-Fusṭāṭ’s Relationship with Its Hinterland -- Overview of the Heads of the Civil and Military Administrations of Alexandria, and Governors in Alexandria -- Back Matter -- Bibliography.