Lassner, Jacob

Islamic Revolution and Historical Memory : an Inquiry into the Art of Abbasid Apologetics

New Haven, CT. American Oriental Society, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). SIGNED by the author and inscribed to a fellow scholar. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, No dust jacket. xiv, 156 p. w/ footnotes, appendices, bibliography, index. A study of the Abbasid dynasty and its apologists, who recorded and at times embellished or invented history to support their patrons. Very good. Item #19029

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