The End of the Jihad State: The Reign of Hisham Ibn 'abd Al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads by Khalid Yahya Blankinship

The End of the Jihad State: The Reign of Hisham Ibn 'abd Al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads

Suny Medieval Middle East History

Khalid Yahya Blankinship

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nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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Stretching from Morocco to China, the Umayyad caliphate based its expansion and success on the doctrine of jihad--armed struggle to claim the whole earth for God's rule, a struggle that had brought much material success for a century but suddenly ...

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