{"product_id":"the-war-of-the-brothers-finbar-john-harris-9798235601796","title":"The War of the Brothers: the Civil War That Broke the Islamic Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe War of the Brothers: the Civil War That Broke the Islamic Empire \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 811 CE, the armies of the Abbasid Caliphate marched east to crush a provincial rebellion. By 813, the greatest city in the medieval world was in flames, a caliph lay dead in the Tigris, and an empire that had seemed eternal was discovering the true dimensions of its own fragility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Fourth Fitna, the civil war between the brothers al-Amin and al-Ma'mun, sons of the legendary Harun al-Rashid, was not simply a succession dispute. It was the violent expression of contradictions that had been building since the dynasty's revolutionary founding in 750 CE: between Arab and Persian, between the military aristocracy of Baghdad and the provincial elites of Khurasan, between the world the caliphate had built and the world it was becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHegemonic Fragmentation traces this crisis from its structural origins through the war's devastating military campaigns, the collapse of Baghdad, and the turbulent six-year interregnum that followed. It follows the commanders, caliphs, viziers, and ordinary fighters whose decisions shaped the outcome, and asks what the catastrophe ultimately produced: the dissolution of an imperial military class, the rise of regional dynasties, a permanent settlement between caliphal and scholarly authority, and, paradoxically, the intellectual golden age that the crisis made possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of an empire that destroyed itself and, in doing so, transformed the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Finbar John Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798235601796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Silverback Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Finbar John Harris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665559064831,"sku":"9798235601796","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-war-of-the-brothers-finbar-john-harris-9798235601796","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}