Conflict and Community in the Medieval Caucasus
In the 230s/850s, the caliph al-Mutawakkil sent his general, Bughā al-Kabīr, to assert control over the wayward northern frontier of the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate. This campaign typically appears in modern scholarship as a moment that pitted Armenian Christians against tačiks (Arab Muslims). This paper co...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Columbia University Libraries
2017-11-01
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Series: | Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā |
Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/alusur/article/view/6999 |