The Articulation of Early Islamic State Structures pdf

Fred Donner es profesor de Historia del Cercano Oriente en el Instituto Oriental y el Departamento de Lenguas y Civilizaciones del Cercano Oriente en la Universidad de Chicago. También es actualmente Director del Centro de Estudios de Oriente Medio de la Universidad. Su trabajo académico se centra en el Islam primitivo, la historiografía islámica y la historia social islámica medieval. Recibió su B.A. (1968) y doctorado. (1975) de la Universidad de Princeton, y también estudió en el Líbano y en la Friedrich-Alexander Universität en Erlangen, Alemania.

The Articulation of Early Islamic State Structures pdf por Fred Donner

This volume reprints nineteen articles that deal with the formation of the first Islamic state under the 'rightly-guided' and Umayyad caliphs (632-750 CE). The articles (five of which originally appeared in languages other than English and are translated here) trace the crystallization of key institutions of the growing empire and treat such fundamental issues as taxation, military institutions, administrative organization and practices, the barid or official courier and intelligence service, succession, the ruling elites and their income, and questions of legitimation. The volume includes an introduction by the editor that offers an overview of the processes involved and helps place each article in its proper context. It also offers an extensive bibliography of further works relevant to the theme of the volume.