Empire and Elites after the Muslim Conquest : The Transformation of Northern Mesopotamia (Paperback)

Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Note on dates and citations; Map: the fertile crescent in the early Abbasid period; 1. Conquest history and its uses; 2. The seventh-century Jazira; 3. From garrison to city: the birth of Mosul; 4. A Christian elites in the Mosuli hinterland: the shaharija; 5. Islam in the north: Jaziran Kharijism; 6. Massacre and narrative: the Abbasid Revolution in Mosul I; 7. Massacre and elite politics: the Abbasid Revolution in Mosul II; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.