The Second Umayyad Caliphate

The Articulation of Caliphal Legitimacy in al-Andalus

Janina M. Safran

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    PART I: MAKING THE CLAIM
    CALIPHAL ARTICULATIONS OF LEGITIMACY

    Defining the Caliphate
    The Symbolic Articulation of Legitimacy: Monuments and Ceremony
    The Caliphate in Captivity

    PART II: STAKING THE CLAIM
    HISTORIOGRAPHICAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF LEGITIMACY

    Introduction
    The Conquest Histories: The Foundations of the Umayyad Caliphate in al-Andalus
    Al-Andalus: Land of the Umayyads

    CONCLUSION
    THE ANDALUSI UMAYYAD CALIPHATE IN RETROSPECT

    Endnotes

    Bibliography

    Index

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Janina M. Safran is Assistant Professor of History at Pennsylvania State University.