Christians and Others in the Umayyad State (Late Antique and Medieval Islamic Near East)

The Papers In This First Volume Of The New Oriental Institute Series Lamine Are Derived From A Conference Entitled “christians, Jews, And Zoroastrians In The Umayyad State,” Held At The University Of Chicago On June 17–18, 2011. The Goal Of The Conference Was To Address A Simple Question: Just What Role Did Non-muslims Play In The Operations Of The Umayyad State? It Has Always Been Clear That The Umayyad Family (r. 41–132/661–750) Governed Populations In The Rapidly Expanding Empire That Were Overwhelmingly Composed Of Non-muslims — Mainly Christians, Jews, And Zoroastrians — And The Status Of Those Non-muslim Communities Under Umayyad Rule, And More Broadly In Early Islam, Has Been Discussed Continuously For More Than A Century. The Role Of Non-muslims Within The Umayyad State Has Been, However, Largely Neglected. The Eight Papers In This Volume Thus Focus On Non-muslims Who Participated Actively In The Workings Of The Umayyad Government.-- Notes For An Archaeology Of Mu'āwiya: Material Culture In The Transitional Period Of Believers / Donald Whitcomb -- The Manṣūr Family And Saint John Of Damascus: Christians And Muslims In Umayyad Times / Sidney H. Griffith --christians In The Service Of The Caliph: Through The Looking Glass Of Communal Identities / Muriel Debié -- Persian Lords And The Umayyads: Cooperation And Coexistence In A Turbulent Time / Touraj Daryaee -- Non-muslims In The Muslim Conquest Army In Early Islam / Wadād Al-qāḍī -- Al-akṭal At The Court Of 'abd Al-malik: The Qaṣīda And The Construction Of Umayyad Authority / Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych -- Umar Ii's Ghiyār Edict: Between Ideology And Practice / Milka Levy-rubin -- Did 'umar B. 'abd Al-'azīz Issue An Edict Concerning Non-muslim Officials? / Luke Yarbrough. Edited By Antoine Borrut And Fred M. Donner ; With Contributions By Antoine Borrut, Touraj Daryaee, Muriel Debié, Fred M. Donner, Sidney H. Griffith, Wadād Al-qāḍī, Milka Levy-rubin, Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych, Donald Whitcomb, And Luke Yarbrough. The Papers Assembled Below Were Presented At A Workshop Held In Chicago On June 17-18, 2011, Entitled Christians, Jews, And Zoroastrians In The Umayyad State--page Vii. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The papers in this first volume of the new Oriental Institute series LAMINE are derived from a conference entitled "Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians in the Umayyad State," held at the University of Chicago on June 17-18, 2011. The goal of the conference was to address a simple question: Just what role did non-Muslims play in the operations of the Umayyad state? It has always been clear that the Umayyad family (r. 41-132/661-750) governed populations in the rapidly expanding empire that were overwhelmingly composed of non-Muslims -- mainly Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians -- and the status of those non-Muslim communities under Umayyad rule, and more broadly in early Islam, has been discussed continuously for more than a century. The role of non-Muslims within the Umayyad state has been, however, largely neglected. The eight papers in this volume thus focus on non-Muslims who participated actively in the workings of the Umayyad government. This new Oriental Institute series (Late Antique and Medieval Islamic Near East (LAMINE)) aims to publish a variety of scholarly works, including monographs, edited volumes, critical text editions, translations, studies of corpora of documents -- in short, any work that offers a significant contribution to understanding the Near East between roughly 200 and 1000 CE