The Fall of the Caliphate of Córdoba : : Berbers and Andalusis in Conflict / / Christiaan Sepp.

• Superior document: Medieval Iberian Peninsula ; 9
• VerfasserIn: Scales, Peter C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1994.; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Language: English
• Series: Medieval Iberian Peninsula ; 9.; Middle East and Islamic Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 pages) :; illustrations.

This book is a discussion of the complex events which surround the breakup of the Muslim Caliphate of Córdoba in the early eleventh century. The focus of the study concerns quite a short period of time: 1009-1031 A.D., although a wide-ranging investigation of the political structure of Muslim Spain is embarked on. A thorough narrative of the events is followed by separate discussions of some of the main groups involved in the civil wars, the Marwānids (the supporters of a legitimately-appointed Umayyad representative), the saqāliba (Slavs), the Berbers and the Christians of northern Spain. This book is able to fill the gap in our knowledge of this hitherto little-understood period of Spanish history and tackles important questions, such as the attitude towards the Berbers, tribal solidarity and the importance of land-reforms during the 10th century

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Peter C. Scales -- Acknowledgements / Peter C. Scales -- Preface / Peter C. Scales -- Introduction / Peter C. Scales -- Chapter One The Primary Sources / Peter C. Scales -- Chapter Two The Fitna Al-Barbariyya / Peter C. Scales -- Chapter Three The Shīʿat Al-Marwāniyya (The Marwānid Faction) / Peter C. Scales -- Chapter Four The Shīʿat Al-Ṣaqālibiyya (The Slav Faction) / Peter C. Scales -- Chapter Five The Shīʿat Al-Barbariyya (The Berber Faction) / Peter C. Scales -- Chapter Six The Shīʿat Al-Ifranj (The European Faction) / Peter C. Scales -- Back Matter -- Conclusion / Peter C. Scales -- Bibliography / Peter C. Scales -- General Index / Peter C. Scales -- List of Maps and Figures / Peter C. Scales.