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The Court of the Caliphate of Al-Andalus: Four Years in Umayyad Córdoba

The Court of the Caliphate of Al-Andalus: Four Years in Umayyad Córdoba

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Series: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryIslamSpainish & Portuguese History

ISBN10: 1399516132
ISBN13: 9781399516136
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: Feb 28 2025
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.47
Height: 0.97 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

During the second half of the 10th/4th century, the Umayyad caliphate of al-Andalus became a powerful political formation in Western Europe. Described by the contemporary German nun Hrotsvitha as the 'ornament of the world', Cordoba was the destiny of embassies and traders coming from places as far away as Constantinople, the Ottoman empire and Italy. The zenith of this political supremacy coincided with the rule of al-Ḥakam II (961-976 CE), whose name is associated with the enlargement of the mosque of Cordoba, the magnificent palatine city of Madīnat al-Zahrāʼ and the rich caliphal library which housed Arab, Latin and Hebrew manuscripts.

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