Maaike Van Berkel Books
Prince Pen and Sword
A synoptic interpretation of the rulers and elites in Eurasia from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. Readership: All interested in the early modern global and comparative history of kingdom...
Read MoreCrisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court
By Hugh Kennedy, Maaike Van Berkel, Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Letizia Osti
The reign of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32) is a crucial and controversial epoch in the history of the Abbasid empire. Al-Muqtadir's regime has traditionally been depicted as one of decline, when the...
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