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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Rosser-Owen, Mariam

Titel

Articulating the Ḥijāba : cultural patronage and political legitimacy in al-Andalus : the 'Āmirid regency c. 970-1010 AD

Ist Teil von

• Handbook of Oriental studies : 1,156 (Alle Bände)

Ort / Verlag

Leiden ; Boston : Brill

Erscheinungsjahr

[2022]

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• Inhaltsverzeichnis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Enthält Literaturverzeichnis (Seiten III-VIII) und Index (Seiten 465-478)
• "In Articulating the Ḥijāba, Mariam Rosser-Owen analyses for the first time the artistic and cultural patronage of the 'Amirid regents of the last Cordoban Umayyad caliph, Hisham II, a period rarely covered in the historiography of al-Andalus. Al-Mansur, the founder of this dynasty, is usually considered a usurper of caliphal authority, who pursued military victory at the expense of the transcendental achievements of the first two caliphs. But he also commissioned a vast extension to the Great Mosque of Cordoba, founded a palatine city, conducted skilled diplomatic relations, patronised a circle of court poets, and owned some of the most spectacular objects to survive from al-Andalus, in ivory and marble. This study presents the evidence for a reconsideration of this period"--