Baghdād

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-51336-5
Verlag: World Bank Publications

Buch, Englisch, Arabisch, Band 166, 904 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1480 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East

Baghdad: From its Beginnings to the 14th Century offers an exhaustive handbook that covers all possible themes connected to the history of this urban complex in Iraq, from its origins rooted in late antique Mesopotamia up to the aftermath of the Mongol invasion in 1258.

Against the common perception of a city founded 762 in a vacuum, which, after experiencing a heyday in a mythical “golden age” under the early 'Abbasids, entered since 900 a long period of decline that ended with a complete collapse by savage people from the East in 1258, the volume emphasizes the continuity of Baghdad’s urban life, and shows how it was marked by its destiny as caliphal seat and cultural hub.

Contributors

Mehmetcan Akpinar, Nuha Alshaar, Pavel Basharin, David Bennett, Michal Biran, Richard W. Bulliet, Kirill Dmitriev, Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst, Hend Gilli-Elewy, Beatrice Gruendler, Sebastian Günther, Olof Heilo, Damien Janos, Christopher Melchert, Michael Morony, Bernard O’Kane, Klaus Oschema, Letizia Osti, Parvaneh Pourshariati, Vanessa van Renterghem, Jens Scheiner, Angela Schottenhammer, Y. Zvi Stampfer, Johannes Thomann, Isabel Toral.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scheiner, Jens

Weitere Mitwirkende

Scheiner, Jens

Toral, Isabel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

Notes on Transliteration and Style

List of Figures

AbbreviationsVi

Notes on ContributorsVii

1 Baghdad’s Topography and Social Composition A Historical Sketch

Jens Scheiner and Isabel Toral

Part 1: The Foundation of Madinat al-Salam and Its Legends

2 Legends about the Foundation of a Marvelous City

Isabel Toral

3 Islamic Art and Architecture in Pre-Mongol Baghdad

Bernard O’Kane

More-to-Know I: The Foundation of al-Mansur’s Palatial City and Its Horoscope

Johannes Thomann

More-to-Know Ii: Was Madinat al-Salam a “Round City”?

Jens Scheiner

Part 2: A Historical Overview from Late Antiquity to the Mongol Period

4 Ctesiphon and Its Surroundings, Precursors of Baghdad

Parvaneh Pourshariati

5 The Early 'Abbasid Caliphs as Commanders and Constructors

Jens Scheiner

6 Baghdad under Buyid Rule

Nuha Alshaar

7 Baghdad under the Saljuqs

Vanessa Van Renterghem

8 Baghdad under the Late 'Abbasid Caliphs

Hend Gilli-Elewy

9 Baghdad under Mongol Rule

Michal Biran

10 The Economic Parameters of Baghdad and Its Hinterland

Richard W. Bulliet

Part 3: Baghdad’s Neighbouring Empires

11 The 'Abbasids and the Byzantine Empire

Olof Heilo

12 'Abbasid Caliphs and Frankish Kings

Kirill Dmitriev and Klaus Oschema

More-to-Know IiI: Sino-'Abbasid Relations in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries

Angela Schottenhammer

Part 4: The 'Abbasid Court and Its Legacy

13 Sketches of Court Culture in Baghdad

Letizia Osti

14 City of Poets, Poets of the City

Beatrice Gruendler

15 Prose Writing in Baghdad An Overview

Isabel Toral

More-to-Know IV: A “Golden Age” in Baghdad?

Isabel Toral

Part 5: Institutions of Learning and Fields of Knowledge

16 Knowledge and Learning in Baghdad

Sebastian Günther

More-to-Know V: Medinan Scholars in Early 'Abbasid Baghdad

Mehmetcan Akpinar

17 Philosophical and Scientific Learning in Baghdad

Damien Janos

Part 6: The Religious Communities

18 The Formation of Sunni and Shi'i Traditionalism

Christopher Melchert

More-to-Know Vi: Rational Theologians

David Bennett

19 The Sufi School of Baghdad Persons and Teachings

Pavel Basharin

20 Christian Communities in Baghdad and Its Hinterland

Michael Morony

21 Jews in Baghdad during the 'Abbasid Period

Y. Zvi Stampfer

22 Zoroastrians, Manichaeans and Gnostics in Baghdad and Its Hinterland

Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst

Epilogue

Jens Scheiner

Appendix: Original Sources featuring Baghdad

Jens Scheiner

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jens Scheiner, Ph.D. (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen 2009), is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Göttingen. He has published a monograph on the conquest of Damascus (Leiden 2010) and edited a volume on the contexts of learning in Baghdad (Princeton 2014).

Isabel Toral, Ph.D. (Tübingen 1997), Habilitation (Freie Universität Berlin 2008), is Professor of Arabic Studies at that university. She has published extensively on cultural history, literature and history of the Arabs, including Al-Hira (Leiden 2014).

Contributors

Mehmetcan Akpinar, Nuha Alshaar, Pavel Basharin, David Bennett, Michal Biran, Richard W. Bulliet, Kirill Dmitriev, Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst, Hend Gilli-Elewy, Beatrice Gruendler, Sebastian Günther, Olof Heilo, Damien Janos, Christopher Melchert, Michael Morony, Bernard O’Kane, Klaus Oschema, Letizia Osti, Parvaneh Pourshariati, Vanessa van Renterghem, Jens Scheiner, Angela Schottenhammer, Y. Zvi Stampfer, Johannes Thomann, Isabel Toral.