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Umayyad Legacies Islamic History and Civilization Studies and Texts Editorial Board Sebastian Günther Wadad Kadi VOLUME 80 Umayyad Legacies Medieval Memories from Syria to Spain Edited by Antoine Borrut Paul M. Cobb LEIDEN • BOSTON 2010 Cover illustration: Pyxis made for Prince al-Mughīra, “The enthronement scene.” © Ali Meyer. Courtesy of Sophie Makariou. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Umayyad legacies : medieval memories from Syria to Spain / edited by Antoine Borrut, Paul M. Cobb. p. cm. — (Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, ISSN 0929-2403 ; v. 80) Articles in English and French; one in Spanish. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-18474-9 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Umayyad dynasty. 2. Islamic Empire—History—661–750. 3. Islamic Empire— History—750–1258. 4. Spain—History—711–1516. 5. Syria—History—634–750. I. Borrut, Antoine. II. Cobb, Paul M., 1967–. III. Title. DP107.U63 2010 956’.013—dc22 2010015728 ISSN 0929-2403 ISBN 978 90 04 18474 9 Copyright 2010 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. 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 Koninklijke Brill NV 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 In Memory of Alfred-Louis de Prémare Yaʿizzu ʿalayya an naghdū jamīʿan wa-tusḅ iḥa thāwiyan rahnan bi-wādī – Kuthayyir ʿAzza (d. ca. 723) CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgments ....................................................... xi List of Illustrations ............................................................................ xiii List of Contributors ........................................................................... xvii Introduction: Toward a History of Umayyad Legacies .............. 1 Antoine Borrut and Paul M. Cobb HISTORY AND MEMORY La memoria omeyyade : les Omeyyades entre souvenir et oubli dans les sources narratives islamiques ....................................... 25 Antoine Borrut ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, al-Walīd ibn Yazīd and their Kin: Images of the Umayyads in the Kitāb al-Aghānī .................... 63 Hilary Kilpatrick Medieval Explanations for the Fall of the Umayyads ................. 89 Steven C. Judd Perceptions of the Umayyads in Christian Spanish Chronicles .... 105 Olivia Remie Constable Les sources de l’histoire omeyyade dans l’œuvre d’Ibn al-ʿAdīm .......................................................................................... 131 Anne-Marie Eddé Le califat omeyyade selon Ibn Khaldūn : revanche des impies ou fondation de l’empire ? ........................................................... 167 Gabriel Martinez-Gros viii contents PRACTICE OF POWER AND LEGITIMATION Umayyad Efforts at Legitimation: The Umayyads’ Silent Heritage ........................................................................................... 187 Fred M. Donner Notule sur le patrimonialisme omeyyade ...................................... 213 Christian Décobert The Names of Estates in State Registers before and after the Arabization of the Dīwāns ........................................................... 255 Wadād al-Qāḍī Analogies entre les grandes mosquées de Damas et Cordoue : mythe ou réalité ? ........................................................................... 281 Susana Calvo Capilla The al-Mughīra Pyxis and Spanish Umayyad Ivories: Aims and Tools of Power ............................................................................... 313 Sophie Makariou LEGACIES ON LAND AND SEA Sacred Topography in Medieval Syria and its Roots between the Umayyads and Late Antiquity ............................................. 339 Mattia Guidetti La méditerranée musulmane, un héritage omeyyade .................. 365 Christophe Picard An Umayyad Legacy for the Early Islamic City: Fustạ̄ t ̣and the Experience of Egypt ...................................................................... 403 Donald Whitcomb Formation et devenir du paysage architectural omeyyade : l’apport de l’archéologie ............................................................... 417 Denis Genequand contents ix Los palacios omeyas, entre oriente y occidente (with English summary) ........................................................................................ 475 Antonio Almagro Index .................................................................................................... 515 Colour Plates .................................................................... following 528
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