The Umayyad World

The Umayyad World encompasses the archaeology, history, art, and architecture of the Umayyad era (644–750 CE). This era was formative both for world history and for the history of Islam. Subjects covered in detail in this collection include regions conquered in Umayyad times, ethnic and religious identity among the conquerors, political thought and culture, administration and the law, art and architecture, the history of religion, pilgrimage and the Qur’an, and violence and rebellion. Close attention is paid to new methods of analysis and interpretation, including source critical studies of the historiography and inter-disciplinary approaches combining literary sources and material evidence. Scholars of Islamic history, archaeologists, and researchers interested in the Umayyad Caliphate, its context, and infl uence on the wider world, will find much to enjoy in this volume.

Editor’s Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Umayyad World Andrew Marsham Part I Political Culture 2. Living Together: Social Perceptions and Changing Interactions of Arabian Believers and Other Religious Communities during the Umayyad Period Fred M. Donner 3. Prophetic Dominion, Umayyad Kingship: Varieties of Mulk in the Early Islamic Period Sean W. Anthony 4. Ethnicity, Power and Umayyad Society: The Rise and Fall of the People of Ma?add Peter Webb 5. Umayyad Visual Culture and Its Models Katharina Meinecke Part II Scribes, Administration and Law 6. Aspects of Umayyad Administration Marie Legendre 7. The Social and Economic Background of Provincial Administrators in Egypt Lucian Reinfandt 8. The Umayyads and the Formation of Islamic Judgeship Mathieu Tillier 9. Al-Awza?i and the Umayyad Influence on Islamic Legal Development Steven Judd 10. The Surrender Agreements – Origins and Authenticity Milka Levy-Rubin Part III Regions of the Umayyad World: Conquest, Society and Economy 11.The Umayyad North (Or: How Umayyad was the Umayyad Caliphate?) Alison M. Vacca 12. Elites in the Countryside: The Economic and Political Factors behind the Umayyad ‘Desert Castles’ Denis Genequand 13. The Umayyad Red Sea as an Islamic Mare Nostrum Veronica Morriss and Donald Whitcomb 14. The Umayyads and North Africa: Imperial Rule and Frontier Society Corisande Fenwick 15. Conquest and Settlement: What Al-Andalus can tell Us about the Arab Expansion at the Time of the Umayyad Caliphate Eduardo Manzano Moreno 16. Ecology, Economy and the Conquest of Khurasan Arezou Azad Part IV Pilgrimage in Mecca and Jerusalem 17. The Transition from Late Antiquity to Early Islam in Western Arabia Harry Munt 18. Ibn al-Zubayr, the Ka?ba and the Dome of the Rock Gerald Hawting 19. Umayyad Jerusalem: From a Religious Capital to a Religious Town Suleiman A. Mourad Part V Religion and Identity in the Material Evidence 20. Arabic Rock Inscriptions up to 750 CE Ilkka Lindstedt 21. The Written Transmission of the Qur?an during Umayyad Times: Contextualising the Codex Amrensis 1 Eléonore Cellard 22. Christian Art and Visual Culture in Umayyad Bilad al-Sham Basema Hamarneh Part VI Limits of Empire: Rebellion, Resistance and Legacy 23. Kharijism in the Umayyad Period Hannah-Lena Hagemann and Peter Verkinderen 24. Qurashi Marriage and the Roots of Revolt: The Rebellion of ?Abd Allah b. Mu?awiya, 744–747 Majied Robinson 25. How the West was Won: Unearthing the Umayyad History of the Conquest of the Maghrib Edward Coghill 26. Power, Law and Ideology in Umayyad Al-Andalus Mateusz Wilk

Andrew Marsham is Reader in Classical Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Queens’ College. His publications include Rituals of Islamic Monarchy (2009) and, with Alain George, Power, Patronage and Memory in Early Islam (2018).