£39.35

Princeton University Press Princeton Studies on the Near East - The Shaping of Abbasid Rule

Price data last checked 18 day(s) ago - will refresh soon

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£39 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 3 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 73 days • 73 data points (No recent data available)

Historical
Generating forecast...
£40.00 £39.29 £39.44 £39.60 £39.75 £39.91 £40.07 23 February 2026 13 March 2026 31 March 2026 18 April 2026 06 May 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 73 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price
Current Price
50 days · current 23 days 0 13 25 38 50 £39 £40 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £39 (50 days, 68.5%)

Price range: £39 - £40

Price levels: 2 different prices over 73 days

Description

Explore the political evolution of the Abbasid regime with this scholarly work from Princeton University Press. In The Shaping of Abbasid Rule, Jacob Lassner examines the transition from the initial revolutionary movement to the established imperial government. This study focuses on the specific elements that formed the political attitudes and institutions of the regime during its early years. As part of the Princeton Legacy Library, this edition brings a significant historical text back to readers. Using modern print-on-demand technology, the press makes these previously out-of-print books available once again. This edition preserves the original text, ensuring that the historical research remains intact for students, historians, and researchers of world history. It provides a direct look at the formative period of one of history's most significant imperial eras.

Key Features

Detailed historical analysis of the transition from revolutionary movement to imperial government by Jacob Lassner.

Part of the Princeton Legacy Library, making previously out-of-print scholarly works available to modern readers.

Preserves the original text of the 1980 publication to maintain historical accuracy and research integrity.

Focuses on the development of political attitudes and institutions during the formative years of the Abbasid regime.

Produced using modern print-on-demand technology by Princeton University Press for reliable availability.

Product Specifications

Format
paperback
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
10 November 2017
Listed Since
16 February 2017

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

The Shaping of 'Abbasid Rule (Princeton Studies on the Near East)
99% match

The Shaping of 'Abbasid Rule (Princeton Studies on the Near East)

Princeton University Press

£100.00 11 Mar 2026
Islamic History: A New Interpretation
96% match

Islamic History: A New Interpretation

Cambridge University Press

£40.69 28 Apr 2026
Routledge The Early Abbasid Caliphate - Political History Book
96% match

Routledge The Early Abbasid Caliphate - Political History Book

Routledge

£141.05 11 May 2026
Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court: Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32): 102 (Islamic History and Civilization, 102)
96% match

Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court: Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32): 102 (Islamic History and Civilization, 102)

Brill

£109.26 09 Jan 2026
Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography: Harun al-Rashid and the Narrative of the Abbasid Caliphate (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
96% match

Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography: Harun al-Rashid and the Narrative of the Abbasid Caliphate (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)

Cambridge University Press

£93.58 13 Jan 2026
Between Muslim and Jew – The Problem of Symbiosis under Early Islam: 314 (Princeton Legacy Library)
95% match

Between Muslim and Jew – The Problem of Symbiosis under Early Islam: 314 (Princeton Legacy Library)

Princeton University Press

£84.00 23 Feb 2026
The 'History of the Kings of the Persians' in Three Arabic Chronicles: The Transmission of the Iranian Past from Late Antiquity to Early Islam (Translated Texts for Historians Lup): 69
95% match

The 'History of the Kings of the Persians' in Three Arabic Chronicles: The Transmission of the Iranian Past from Late Antiquity to Early Islam (Translated Texts for Historians Lup): 69

Liverpool University Press

£95.09 26 Jan 2026
Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate: From Contemporary Arabic and Persian Sources: 2 (Routledge Library Editions: Persia)
95% match

Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate: From Contemporary Arabic and Persian Sources: 2 (Routledge Library Editions: Persia)

Routledge

£137.61 07 May 2026
The Abbasid Caliphate: A History
95% match

The Abbasid Caliphate: A History

Cambridge University Press

£82.48 11 May 2026
The Revolution Which Toppled the Umayyads: Neither Arab Nor Ἁbbāsid: Neither Arab Nor Ἁbbāsid: 50 (Islamic History and Civilization)
95% match

The Revolution Which Toppled the Umayyads: Neither Arab Nor Ἁbbāsid: Neither Arab Nor Ἁbbāsid: 50 (Islamic History and Civilization)

Brill

£167.37 08 May 2026
Religion, Learning and Science in the 'Abbasid Period (The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature)
95% match

Religion, Learning and Science in the 'Abbasid Period (The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature)

Cambridge University Press

£177.29 23 Jan 2026
Bedouin and ‘Abbāsid Cultural Identities: The Arabic Majnūn Laylā Story (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)
95% match

Bedouin and ‘Abbāsid Cultural Identities: The Arabic Majnūn Laylā Story (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)

Routledge

£105.61 25 Apr 2026
Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of al-Ma'mun (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
95% match

Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of al-Ma'mun (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)

Cambridge University Press

£81.55 07 May 2026
Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative: Memory and Identity Construction in Islamic Historiography, 750–1050 (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)
95% match

Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative: Memory and Identity Construction in Islamic Historiography, 750–1050 (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)

Routledge

£116.48 01 Mar 2026
Projecting a New Empire: Formats, Social Meaning, and Mediality of Imperial Arabic in the Umayyad and Early Abbasid Periods: 42 (Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East, 42)
95% match

Projecting a New Empire: Formats, Social Meaning, and Mediality of Imperial Arabic in the Umayyad and Early Abbasid Periods: 42 (Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East, 42)

£23.55 07 Jan 2026
Studies on the Civilization of Islam (Princeton Legacy Library): 685
95% match

Studies on the Civilization of Islam (Princeton Legacy Library): 685

Princeton University Press

£39.25 30 Apr 2026
Disenchanting the Caliphate: The Secular Discipline of Power in Abbasid Political Thought (Columbia Studies in International and Global History)
95% match

Disenchanting the Caliphate: The Secular Discipline of Power in Abbasid Political Thought (Columbia Studies in International and Global History)

Columbia University Press

£111.15 08 May 2026
Medieval Central Asia and the Persianate World: Iranian Tradition and Islamic Civilisation (I.b. Tauris & Bips Persian Studies) (British Institute of Persian Studies)
95% match

Medieval Central Asia and the Persianate World: Iranian Tradition and Islamic Civilisation (I.b. Tauris & Bips Persian Studies) (British Institute of Persian Studies)

I. B. Tauris & Company

£90.00 25 Feb 2026
History of the Arabs
95% match

History of the Arabs

Red Globe Press

£125.00 08 Mar 2026
A History of the Muslim World to 1750: The Making of a Civilization
95% match

A History of the Muslim World to 1750: The Making of a Civilization

Routledge

£155.10 26 Mar 2026
Governing the Empire: Provincial Administration in the Almohad Caliphate (1224-1269): Critical Edition, Translation, and Study of Manuscript 4752 of ... in the History and Society of the Maghrib, 3)
95% match

Governing the Empire: Provincial Administration in the Almohad Caliphate (1224-1269): Critical Edition, Translation, and Study of Manuscript 4752 of ... in the History and Society of the Maghrib, 3)

Brill

£98.77 03 May 2026
Islamic Tolerance: Amir Khusraw and Pluralism (Iranian Studies)
95% match

Islamic Tolerance: Amir Khusraw and Pluralism (Iranian Studies)

Routledge

£55.34 27 Feb 2026
Law and Politics under the Abbasids: An Intellectual Portrait of al-Juwayni (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
95% match

Law and Politics under the Abbasids: An Intellectual Portrait of al-Juwayni (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)

Cambridge University Press

£79.97 25 Apr 2026
A History of the Islamic World, 600-1800: Empire, Dynastic Formations, and Heterogeneities in Pre-Modern Islamic West-Asia
94% match

A History of the Islamic World, 600-1800: Empire, Dynastic Formations, and Heterogeneities in Pre-Modern Islamic West-Asia

Routledge

£137.26 23 Jan 2026