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The Caliph's Splendor
The Caliph's Splendor
Book Category:
Fiction > General
Author:
Benson Bobrick
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 13:
9781416567622
Price:
USD 28.00
Publication Year:
2012

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Simon & Schuster UK.

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While the West declined following the collapse of the Roman Empire, a new Arab civilization arose to the east, reaching an early peak in Baghdad under the caliph Harun al-Rashid. Harun is the legendary caliph of The Thousand and One Nights, but his actual court was nearly as magnificent as the fictional one. In The Caliph's Splendor, Benson Bobrick eloquently tells the little-known and remarkable story of Harun's rise to power and his rivalries with the neighboring Byzantines and the new Frankish kingdom under the leadership of Charlemagne.