Cover illustration: General view of Baghdād with cupola of ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī’s (d. 1234) tomb (left), by Eugène Flandin, 1861. © Adobe Stock # 399226568
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Scheiner, Jens J., 1976– editor. | Toral, Isabel, editor.
Title: Baghdād : from its beginnings to the 14th century / edited by Jens Scheiner, Isabel Toral.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Series: Handbook Oriental studies, 0169–9423. sect. 1, Near & Middle East. vol. 166 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022021277 (print) | LCCN 2022021278 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004513365 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004513372 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Baghdād (Iraq)—History—To 1500.
Classification: LCC DS79.9.B25 B327 2022 (print) | LCC DS79.9.B25 (ebook) | DDC 956.747—dc23/eng/20220502
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022021277
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022021278
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ISSN 0169-9423
ISBN 978-90-04-51336-5 (hardback)
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