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A history of Palestine, 634-1099 /
This is the first comprehensive history of Palestine from the Muslim conquest in 634 to that of the Crusaders in 1099. It is a translation and revised version of volume I of Palestine during the first Muslim period which was published in Hebrew in 1983 and presents an authoritative survey of the ear...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Hebrew |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©1992.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1: The conquest. Muhammad and the vision of the conquest. The causes of the Great Jihad. The tribes and the population of Palestine. The first incursions; Dhat Atlah, Muta. Muhammad and the Palestinian tribes. Dhat al-Salasil. Tabuk. The treaties with towns in the south of Palestine. The expedition of Usama b. Zayd. The great invasion. The expedition of Amr ibn al-As. The expedition of Khalid ibn al-Walid. Ijnadayn. Additional conquests. The battle of the Yarmuk. The dismissal of Khalid ibn al-Walid. The capitulation of Jerusalem. The completion of the conquest. The attitude of the population towards the conqueror. The episode of the Temple Mount and the return of the Jews to Jerusalem
- 2: Islam strikes roots. Events in Palestine to the end of Umayyad rule. Natural disasters. The religious status of Jerusalem. The achievements of the Umayyads. The administrative division. Muslim personalities in the Umayyad period. The tribes
- 3: The local population and the Muslims. The protected people. The taxes. The responsibility for the life of the dhimmi. Dress regulations. Freedom of worship and its limitations. Professions and offices. Matters of inheritance; Muslim courts. The population and localities
- 4: The economy. Land and agriculture. Occupations. Book production. Exports. Internal trade. Imports. The representative of the merchants. Seafaring. Commercial methods. Measures and coins. The Maghribis. The economy of Jerusalem
- 6: The Fatimid conquest: the war of sixty years and other events during the eleventh century. Fatimid advance northwards (a). Fatimid retreat (a). Fatimid advance northwards (b). Yaqub ibn Killis. Fatimid retreat (b). Fatimid advance northwards (c). Fatimid retreat (c). Renewal of the Byzantine offensive. Fatimid advance northwards (d). Fatimid retreat (d). Fatimid advance northwards (e). The attitude of the Muslims in Palestine towards the Fatimids. Events of the year 979. The episode of al-Qassam. Events in Palestine 981-983. Jewish personalities in the Fatimid administration: Manasseh b. Abraham al-Qazzaz; Paltiel. The episode of Bakjur, 983-988. The events of 996-997; internal war in Palestine. The cruelties of al-Hakim. First war of the Jarrahids (1011-1014). Second war of the Jarrahids (1024-1029). Forty years of Fatimid rule. The invasion of the Turcomans. The situation in Palestine during Turcoman rule. Events in Tyre. Brief chronological summary.
- Muslim personalities during the last generations of the period
- 7: The Christians. The Christian leadership after the conquest. Christendom in Jerusalem. Christianity in other Palestinian localities. Christian sects. The patriarchs and other personalities in the Church of Jerusalem. Ritual and customs. The authorities and the Christians. Aid and reconstruction. Christian pilgrimage
- 9: Karaites and Samaritans. The house of Anan and the beginning of Karaism. Karaism in Palestine in the tenth century. The Karaite nesiim. Beliefs and opinions. The social structure of the Karaites. The Karaites and their leaders in the eleventh century. The Samaritans
- 10: The Crusaders' conquest and the fate of Palestinian Jewry.