THE ABBASIDS

The Essentials – The Abbasid Caliphate offers a searching journey into the longest-ruling line of caliphs in Muslim history – five centuries of dramatic fluctuations, from a meteoric rise to near collapse, unexpected revivals, and profound catastrophes. Under Abbasid rule, the Muslim world completed its formative synthesis, opened itself to newly converted peoples, and reached its zenith in the cultural and intellectual efflorescence known as the "Golden Age." From the Abbasid Revolution to the Mongol invasions, across thirty-seven caliphs in Baghdad, this book covers a dynasty that once ruled from Central Asia to North Africa – commanding the allegiance of many of the Ummah's greatest heroes, even as it spent nearly half its existence under foreign domination.

This edition is 277 pages.