L’auteur
Gerard R. Hawting est professeur d’histoire du Proche-Orient médiéval à la School of Oriental and African Studies de l’Université de Londres. Il est spécialiste de la période de formation de l’Islam.
Presentation
The period 661-750 AD was a crucial one for the history of Islam and of the Middle East. The territories conquered by the Muslims in the Middle East, north Africa and Spain were ruled from Syria by a succession of caliphs belonging to the Umayyad family, the first caliphal dynasty to emerge in the history of Islam. Under their rule the region began a process of transformation which eventually led to the emergence of Islam, both as a religion and as a culture, in its classical form. The First Dynasty of Islam provides a succinct and accessible introduction to the Umayyad period. An introductory chapter discusses the importance of the era as a whole, with further chapters examining · the Umayyad family and its rise to the Caliphate
- · the Sufyanids
- · the second civil war
- · ’Abd al-Malik and al-Hajjaj
- · the development of factionalism and the problems of Islamization
- · the third civil war and the caliphate of Marwan II
- · the overthrow of the Umayyad caliphate The first edition established itself as a balanced and approachable text for undergraduates and others interested in the early history of Islam. This second edition, with an expanded and up-to-date bibliography, will prove even more useful to its intended readership
Table des matières
Conventions vii Abbreviations ix Glossary xi Figures and Maps xiii Preface and Acknowledgements xix
Chapter 1 Introduction : The Importance of the Umayyad Period and its Place in Islamic History 1
Islamisation 1 Arabisation 9 The Umayyads in Muslim Tradition 11
Chapter 2 The Umayyad Family and its Rise to the Caliphate 21
The Background of the Umayyads 21 Mu’awiya’s Acquisition of the Caliphate 24
Chapter 3 The Sufyanids 34
Organisation and Administration of the Caliphate 34 Events and Personalities of the Sufyanid Period 40
Chapter 4 The Second Civil War 46
Chapter 5 ’Abd al-Malik and al-Hajjaj 58
Changes in Government and Administration 61 Al-Hajjaj in Iraq 66
Chapter 6 The Development of Factionalism and the Problems of Islamisation 72
The Family of al-Muhallab and the Development of Factionalism 73 ’Umar II and the Mawali 76 Hisham and Khalid al-Qasri 81
Chapter 7 The Third Civil War and the Caliphate of Marwan II 90
Walid II 90 Yazid III 94 Marwan II 96
Chapter 8 The Overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate 104
The Muslims of Khurasan 105 The Army 107 The ’Abbasids and the Hashimiyya 109 The Umayyad Collapse 115
Appendix 1 A Note on the Sources 120 Appendix 2 Modern Developments in the Study of and Attitudes to Umayyad History 123 Bibliography 129 Index