Shaping a Muslim State
| Author | : Petra Sijpesteijn |
| Publisher | : Oxford Studies in Byzantium |
| Total Pages | : 554 |
| Release | : 2013-11 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199673902 |
| ISBN-13 | : 019967390X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (90X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Shaping a Muslim State by : Petra Sijpesteijn
Download or read book Shaping a Muslim State written by Petra Sijpesteijn and published by Oxford Studies in Byzantium. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a synthetic study of the political, social, and economic processes which formed early Islamic Egypt. Looking at a corpus of previously unknown Arabic papyrus letters, Sijpesteijn examines the reasons for the success of the early Arab conquests and the transition from the pre-Islamic Byzantine system to an Arab/Muslim state.