Loyalty and Leadership in An Early Islamic Society
Roy Mottahedeh
239 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 1860641814
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 2001
An updated classic study of 10th- and 11th-century society in Buyid Iran. Arguing that medieval Islamic society must be understood in its own cultural terms, the author explains how it was able to function in a stable manner without the type of political institutions familiar to the West.