The history and monuments of the Tahirid dynasty of the Yemen 858-923/1454-1517

This thesis examines the rise to power and the rule of the short-hved Tahirid dynasty of the Yemen. The dynasty ruled over most of Lower Yemen at a critical juncture between the fall of the better known Rasulid dynasty in 858/1454, and the Mamluk conquest of the Yemen in 923/1517. The first part of...

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Main Author: Porter, Venetia Ann
Published: Durham University 1992
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.334665