The Revolution Which Toppled the Umayyads: Neither Arab nor ʿAbbāsid

THE REVOLUTION WHICH TOPPLED THE UMAYYADS

ISLAMIC HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION STUDIES AND TEXTS edited by WADAD KADI AND

ROTRAUD WIELANDT

VOLUME 50

THE REVOLUTION WHICH TOPPLED THE UMAYYADS Neither Arab nor #Abb§sid BY

SALEH SAID AGHA

BRILL LEIDEN • BOSTON 2003

This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Agha, Salih Sa#id The revolution which toppled the Umayyads : neither Arab nor #Abbasid / by Saleh Sa#id Agha. p. cm. — (Islamic history and civilization, studies and texts ; v. 50) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 90-04-12994-4 1. Islamic Empire—History—750-1258. 2. Abbasids. I. Title. II. Series. DS38.6 .A35 2003 909'.09767101—dc21 2003052103

ISSN 0929-2403 ISBN 90 04 12994 4 © Copyright 2003 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Brill provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910 Danvers MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. printed in the netherlands

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