From Arabian Tribes to Islamic Empire: Army, State and Society in the Near East C.600-850 (Variorum Collected Studies Series)

by PatriciaCrone (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $151.56

  Focuses on the changes that the Arab tribesmen underwent thanks to settlement outside Arabia, their strained relations with converts from the conquered population, and their gradual eclipse by them. This work brings together studies on the development of early Muslim society, from shortly after the Prophet's death until the mid-Abbasid period.