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The years 738-745/121-127, which this volume covers, saw the outbreak in Syria of savage internecine struggles between prominent members of the Umayyad family, which had ruled the Islamic world since 661/41. After the death of the caliph Hisham in 743-/125, the process of decay at the center of the Umayyad power--the ruling family itself--was swift and devastating. Three Umayyad caliphs (al-Walid II, Yazid III, and Ibrahim) followed Hisham within little more than a year, and the subsequent intervention of their distant cousin Marwan b. Muhammad (the future Marwan II) could not arrest the forces of opposition that were shortly to culminate in the 'Abbasid Revolution of 750/132. In this volume al-Tabari deals extensively with the end of Hisham's reign, providing a rich store of anecdotes on this most able of Umayyad caliphs. He also covers in depth the notorious lifestyle of al-Walid II, the libertine prince and poet, whose career has attracted much scholarly attention in recent years . Moreover, al-Tabari chronicles at great length the events of the rebellion and death of the Shi'ite pretender, Zayd b. 'Ali, at al-Kufah, as well as recording in detail the activities farther to the e
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- Author
- Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Carole Hillenbrand
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780791401439
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Religion, History, Islam
- Rating
- 2 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The History of Al-Ṭabarī Vol. 29 : Al-Manṣūr and Al-Mahdī A.D. 763-786/A.H. 146-169 (1990)
- The History of al-Ṭabarī: An Annotated Translation, Volume 29: Al-Mansur and Al-Mahdi, A.D. 763-786; A.H. 146-169 29 (1990)
- The History of al-Ṭabarī, Vol. 29: Al-Mansur and al-Mahdi A.D. 763-786/A.H. 146-169 29 (1990)
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