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BL
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1049555
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bc691
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English
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| Main Entry
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Hawting, G. R., (Gerald R.),1944-
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| Title & Author
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The first dynasty of Islam : : the Umayyad Caliphate AD 661-750 /\ G.R. Hawting.
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2000.
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xxii, 151 pages) :: maps
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| ISBN
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0203170385
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: 9780203170380
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: 0203137000
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: 9780203137000
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: 9780415240734
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: 0415240735
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: 0415240727
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: 9780415240727
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: 9781134550593
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: 1134550596
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: 9781134550548
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: 1134550545
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: 9781134550586
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: 1134550588
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: 9786610401451
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: 6610401454
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-144) and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Conventions; Abbreviations; Glossary; Figures and Maps; Foreword to the Second Edition; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Importance of the Umayyad Period and its Place in Islamic History; Arabisation; The Umayyads in Muslim Tradition; The Umayyad Family and its Rise to the Caliphate; Mu'awiya's Acquisition of the Caliphate; The Sufyanids; Events and Personalities of the Sufyanid Period; The Second Civil War; 'Abd al-Malik and al-Hajjaj; Changes in Government and Administration; Al-Hajjaj in Iraq.
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| Abstract
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The standard work on this complex period in Arab history is available once again with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the field.
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Umayyad dynasty.
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Umayyad dynasty.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.
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HISTORY-- World.
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Islamic Empire, History, 661-750.
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Islamic Empire.
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| Dewey Classification
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909/.09767101
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| LC Classification
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DS38.5.H39 2000eb
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