The Eloquent Tyrant: Speech and Empire in Umayyad Iraq Under Al-Hajjaj B. Yusuf Al-Thaqafi, 694-714 - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520420700ISBN-10:520420705UPC:9780520420700Book Category:Religion, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Islam, Middle East, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:History, Middle Eastern StudiesSize:9.06 x 6.06 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.4617Product ID:SC7XB54KHB
The Eloquent Tyrant: Speech and Empire in Umayyad Iraq Under Al-Hajjaj B. Yusuf Al-Thaqafi, 694-714
In The Eloquent Tyrant, Pamela Klasova presents a cultural history of speech in the early Islamic empire, examining the relationship between the spoken word and power through the oratorical practice of the powerful governor of Iraq, al-Ḥajjāj b. Yūsuf al-Thaqafī (d. 714). The governor is remembered both as one of the most eloquent rulers of his age and as one of the worst tyrants in Islamic...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520420700ISBN-10:520420705UPC:9780520420700Book Category:Religion, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Islam, Middle East, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:History, Middle Eastern StudiesSize:9.06 x 6.06 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.4617Product ID:SC7XB54KHB
Pamela Klasova is Assistant Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago.
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