The 'Alids: The First Family Of Islam, 750-1200

The first social history of the 'Alids, in the crucial formative period from the Abbasid Revolution of 750 to the Seljuq period of 1100. It examines their rise from a religious point of view and as a social phenomenon, asking how this family attained and extended its status over the centuries.

• | Author: Teresa Bernheimer
• | Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 20, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 128 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0748695842
• | ISBN-13: 9780748695843