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In order to understand the transition between the revolutionary movement that propelled the Abbasids to power and the imperial government that later took root, Jacob Lassner studies those elements that served to shape the political attitudes and institutions of the emerging regime during its formative years.

Originally published in 1980.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
  2. pp. i-vi
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-x
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  1. List of Illustrations and Maps
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xiii-xiv
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xv-xx
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 3-16
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  1. PART ONE. The Political Setting
  1. I. The First Internal Crisis: the Succession to Abū Al-'Abbās
  2. pp. 19-38
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  1. II. Fratricide and Family Politics: Did the Caliph Murder 'Abdallāh b. 'Alī ?
  2. pp. 39-57
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  1. III. The Provincial Administration: Old Revolutionaries and Family Politics
  2. pp. 58-90
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  1. IV. The Ruling Family and Its Clients (Mawālī): Reflections on a Conversation Among Notables
  2. pp. 91-115
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  1. V. The Regiments of the Imperial Army: Notes on Al-Jāḥiẓ's Epistle To Al-Fatḥ b. Khāqān
  2. pp. 116-136
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  1. PART TWO. The Physical Setting
  1. VI. Before Baghdad: The Early 'Abbāsid Centers of Government in Iraq
  2. pp. 139-162
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  1. VII. Baghdad: Legendary Origins and Historic Realities
  2. pp. 163-183
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  1. VIII. The Topography of Baghdad in Retrospect: The Government Sector and Urban Development
  2. pp. 184-241
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  1. Postscript
  2. pp. 242-248
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  1. Appendices
  2. pp. 249-254
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  1. NOTES
  2. pp. 255-304
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  1. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  2. pp. 305-316
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 317-329
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