Governors and Provincial Elites in Umayyad Egypt

This article focuses on the confrontation that broke out sometime in 709 or 710 CE between a hundred men led by members of the Banū Fahm and the Umayyad governor of Egypt, Qurra b. Sharīk. After presenting the case in question, the article explains who participated in the conflict, what their motiv...

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Main Author: Alon Dar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2022-12-01
Series:Al-'Usur al-Wusta
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Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/alusur/article/view/9499