Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate from Contemporary Arabic and Persian Sources. by Le Strange, G. (Guy), 1854-1933 - 2005: Second Edition Revised.

Originally published: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1924. Expanded edition of this classic treatise. Chapters include A Topography of Mediaeval Baghdad; Complete History & Plan of the Great Metropolis of the Abbasid Caliphs; Foundation of Baghdad; City of Mansur; Canals of Western Baghdad; Kufah Highroad & the Karkh Suburb; Canals of Karkh; Quarters of the Lower Harbour; Quarter of the Basrah Gate; Swari Quarter & the Trench of Tahir; Harbiyah Quarter; Quarters of the Muhawwal Gate; Baratha, Muhawwal, & the Kazimayn; Eastern Baghdad in General; Rusafah; Shammasiyah Quarter; Mukharrim Quarter; Buyid Palaces; Palaces of the Caliphs; Palace Gates & Adjoining Quarters; Quarters North of the Palaces; Quarters East & South of the Palaces; Recapitulation & Authorities: Early Period; ...Middle Period; ...Final Period. Bibliography, pages [xxv]-xxviii. Hard Cover. xxxi, 381 pages, folding map, plans (part folding), index, 23.5 cm. Fine, new from publisher, in shrinkwrap / no dust jacket as issued. Stock#42085/h.