Kennedy, Hugh <br/><br/>
When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world :  the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty / 
 Rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty 
Hugh Kennedy. 
 - Cambridge, MA :  Da Capo Press,  2006. 
 - xxv, 326 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill., geneal. table, maps ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published in the United Kingdom under as The Court of the Caliphs. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-316) and index. 
<br/><br/>Revolution -- Mansūr and his legacy -- Hārūn al-Rashīd: the golden prime -- The war between the brothers -- Poetry and power at the early Abbasid Court -- Landscape with palaces -- The Harem -- Ma'mūn to Mutawwakil -- Abbasid Court culture -- High noon in Sāmarrā. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0306814803 (pbk.) 9780306814808 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Abbasids.<br/>Islam--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Baghdad (Iraq)--History.<br/>Islamic Empire--History--661-750.<br/>Islamic Empire--History--750-1258.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>909.0976701  / KEN