Entangled Symbols
Beginning with our major source, al-Ṭabarī’s Taʾrīkh, both contemporaries and modern historians have noted the extraordinary persistence of the Zanj Rebellion, with the forces of the ʿAbbasid caliphate winning only after a protracted siege of the rebel capital, al-Mukhtāra. Victory came not just th...
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Language: | English |
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Columbia University Libraries
2022-12-01
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Series: | Al-'Usur al-Wusta |
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Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/alusur/article/view/9394 |