{"product_id":"mechanisms-of-social-dependency-in-the-early-islamic-empire-hardback-9781009384261","title":"Mechanisms of Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire (Hardback) 9781009384261","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMechanisms of Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmphasises social relationships and local power dynamics, not pure military might, as crucial to the early Islamic empire's cohesion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdmund Hayes (Edited by), Petra M. Sijpesteijn (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009384261, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e538 pages, 14 b\/w illus.  5 colour illus.  15 tables\u003cbr\u003e25.1 x 17.5 x 3.2 cm, 1.106 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe success of Islamic imperialism in the period from the conquests to the Ayyubid dynasty has traditionally been explained as purely the result of military might. This book, however, adopts a bottom-up approach which puts social relationships and local power dynamics at the centre of the Islamic empire's cohesion. Its chapters draw on sources in diverse languages: not just Arabic, but also Greek, Coptic, Syriac, Hebrew, and Bactrian, showing how different linguistic communities intersected and contributed to a connected yet diverse empire. They highlight how not just literary and historical texts, but also physical documents and archaeological evidence should be incorporated into writing histories of the late antique and early medieval Middle East. Social institutions and relationships explored include oaths; petitions, decrees, and begging letters; and financial frameworks such as debt and taxation. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface and acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Notes on transliteration, names and dates\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: the ties that bound the societies of the Islamic Empire Edmund Hayes and Petra Sijpesteijn\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Personal Ties: 1. Ties of unfreedom in Late Antiquity and early Islam: debt, dependency and the origins of Islamic law Robert Hoyland\u003cbr\u003e 2. The local clergy and 'ties of indebtedness' in Abbasid Egypt: some reflections on studying credit and debt in early Islamicate societies Cecilia Palombo\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Return to God and the brotherhood of good and excellent people': Bringing the prodigal son back home in Ayyubid Egypt Oded Zinger\u003cbr\u003e 4. Aloneness as connector in Arabic papyrus letters of request Petra Sijpesteijn\u003cbr\u003e 5. Swearing Abū al-Jaysh into office: the loyalties of Ṭūlūnid Egypt Matthew Gordon\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Institutions: 6. Messengers in Byzantine and early Muslim Egypt – small cogs, but systemically relevant. With some remarks on the dossier of Menas, stratiōtēs Stefanie Schmidt\u003cbr\u003e 7. The epistolary imamate: circular letters in the administration of the Shiʿi community Edmund Hayes\u003cbr\u003e 8. Early Arabic decrees on papyrus from the Abbasid period Naïm Vantieghem\u003cbr\u003e 9. A state letter from a Marwanid caliph to his governor of Iraq: a historiographical investigation into Khālid b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Qasrī's downfall Noëmie Lucas\u003cbr\u003e 10. Between the Arabs and the Turks: household, conversion and power dynamics in early Islamic Bactria Said Reza Huseini\u003cbr\u003e 11. The affective connection in early Islamic social hierarchies: affection, threats, and appeals to piety in official documents from the Umayyad and Abbasid periods Karen Bauer\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Communities: 12. Local elites during two periods of civil strife: Al-Ashʿath b. Qays, Muḥammad b. al-Ashʿath, and the quarter of Kinda in seventh-century Kufa Georg Leube\u003cbr\u003e 13. Rulers, Ḥanābila and Shiʿis – the unraveling social cohesion of fourth\/tenth century Baghdad Nimrod Hurvitz\u003cbr\u003e 14. Resistance to and Acceptance of the Fatimids in North Africa: A Shiʿi dynasty in negotiation with both adherents and enemies Paul E. Walker\u003cbr\u003e 15. Boundaries that bind? Pagan and Christian Arabs between Syriac and Islamic strategies of distinction (late first century AH) Simon Pierre\u003cbr\u003e 16. 'Peace be upon you': Arabic greetings in Greek and Coptic letters written by Christians in early Islamic Egypt Lajos Berkes\u003cbr\u003e 17. Tied to two empires: the material evidence of the Islamic conquest of Sicily Joanita Vroom\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Middle Eastern history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle Eastern history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20Eastern%20history%20%5BHBJF1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52413996892440,"sku":"9781009384261","price":97.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009384261i.jpg?v=1784334798","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mechanisms-of-social-dependency-in-the-early-islamic-empire-hardback-9781009384261","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}