Baghdad During The Abbasid Caliphate: From Contemporary Arabic And Persian Sources Book

Reprint of the 1924 edition. Oversized octavo. Second Edition Revised. xxxi, 381 p. fold. map, plans (part fold.) London, Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1924. Second and expanded edition of this classic treatise. Chapters include: A topography of mediaeval Baghdad; complete history and plan of the great metropolis of the Abbasid Caliphs. Contents: The Foundation of Baghdad; The City of Mansur; The Canals of Western Baghdad; The Kufah Highroad and the Karkh Suburb; The Canals of Karkh; The Quarters of the Lower Harbour; The Quarter of the Basrah Gate; The Swari Quarter and the Trench of Tahir; The Harbiyah Quarter; The Quarters of the Muhawwal Gate; Baratha, Muhawwal, and the Kazimayn; Eastern Baghdad in General; Rusafah; The Shammasiyah Quarter; The Mukharrim Quarter; The Buyid Palaces; The Palaces of the Caliphs; The Palace Gates and Adjoining Quarters; The Quarters North of the Palaces; The Quarters East and South of the Palaces; Recapitulation and Authorities: Early Period; Recapitulation and Authorities: Middle Period; and Recapitulation and Authorities: Final Period.Read More