Books by Hugh (SOAS Kennedy

This study, first published in 1981, examines the Abbasid Caliphs from their coming to power in 750 AD, to the death of the Caliph al-Mämun in 833 AD, when the period of Turkish domination began. It looks at the political history of the period, and also considers the social and economic factors, showing how they developed and influenced political life. The work is designed as a unique introduction to the period, and will prove invaluable to all students involved with Islamic, Byzantine and Mediterranean history and culture.

The first history in English of the political history of Muslim Spain and Portugal, based on vividly translated Arab sources, this volume provides comprehensive coverage of events across the whole of the region from 711 to the fall of Granada in 1492.