Arabic administration in Norman Sicily : the royal dīwān /

In the late eleventh century, Sicily - originally part of the Islamic world - was captured by Norman, French and Italian adventurers, led by Roger de Hauteville. For the next 150 years, Roger and his descendants ruled the island and its predominantly Arabic-speaking Muslim population. Jeremy Johns&#...

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Main Author: Johns, Jeremy, 1954- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series:Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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