Book Summary
This classic study of 10th and 11th century society in Buyid Iran is published here for the first time in a paperback edition, revised with new material. Historian Roy Mottahedeh explains how Islamic society was able to function during the Middle Ages in a stable manner even without political institutions such as existed in the West. An updated classic study of 10th- and 11th-century society in Buyid Iran. Arguing that medieval Islamic society must be understood in its own cultural terms, the author explains how it was able to function in a stable manner without the type of political institutions familiar to the West.
Book Details
| Book Name | Loyalty And Leadership In An Early Islamic Society |
| Author | Roy P. Mottahedeh |
| Publisher | I. B. Tauris & Company (Apr 2001) |
| ISBN | 9781860641817 |
| Pages | 209 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1230 |
