Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- A note on conventions
- PART I INTRODUCTION
- PART II THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONQUEST SOCIETY
- PART III THE FAILURE OF THE ISLAMIC EMPIRE
- APPENDICES
- I The ashrāf of Syria and Iraq
- II The subgovernors of Syria, 685–744 [65–126]
- III The subgovernors of Iraq and its dependencies, 694–744 [75–126]
- IV The Yamaniyya and the Qaysiyya
- V The ʻAbbāsid servants, 750–813 [132–98]
- VI Mawlā in the sense of ‘kinsman’
- Notes
- Bibliography
- General index
- Prosopographical Index
I - The ashrāf of Syria and Iraq
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- A note on conventions
- PART I INTRODUCTION
- PART II THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONQUEST SOCIETY
- PART III THE FAILURE OF THE ISLAMIC EMPIRE
- APPENDICES
- I The ashrāf of Syria and Iraq
- II The subgovernors of Syria, 685–744 [65–126]
- III The subgovernors of Iraq and its dependencies, 694–744 [75–126]
- IV The Yamaniyya and the Qaysiyya
- V The ʻAbbāsid servants, 750–813 [132–98]
- VI Mawlā in the sense of ‘kinsman’
- Notes
- Bibliography
- General index
- Prosopographical Index
Summary
Virtually all the families included in this list are said to have been sharifian in the technical sense of the word (sharīf lahu bayt qadīm or statements to similar effect), but ambiguities do of course occur: the pretensions may be spurious or the nobility may lie in the character. Where such doubts arise, this is stated. Since the number of sharifian families in an Arab settlement was necessarily considerable, the list is by no means exhaustive. With a few exceptions only families that can be followed for a minimum of three generations have been included.
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- Slaves on HorsesThe Evolution of the Islamic Polity, pp. 93 - 123Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1980
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