All Outputs (19)

The Emergence of New Polities in the Breakup of the Abbasid Caliphate (2021)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2021). The Emergence of New Polities in the Breakup of the Abbasid Caliphate. In W. Pohl (Ed.), Empires and Communities in the Post-Roman and Islamic World, C. 400-1000 CE. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190067946.003.0002

In this chapter, a general overview is given of the role of ethnic groups and tribes in the early Islamic world. Looking at the available source material, it appears that tribal identities and genealogies, as well as the ethnic differences that follo... Read More about The Emergence of New Polities in the Breakup of the Abbasid Caliphate.

The Rise and Fall of the early ʿAbbasid Political and Military Elite (2020)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2020). The Rise and Fall of the early ʿAbbasid Political and Military Elite. In H.-L. Hagemann, & S. Heidemann (Eds.), Transregional and Regional Elites - Connecting the Early Islamic Empire (100-113). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110669800-005

This paper explores the composition and role of the military and political elite of the early ʿAbbāsid caliphate (750 –809) whose support enabled the caliphs to maintain sovereignty over their far-flung domains. It considers the importance of differe... Read More about The Rise and Fall of the early ʿAbbasid Political and Military Elite.

From Polis to Madina: some reflections thirty years on (2018)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2018). From Polis to Madina: some reflections thirty years on. In S. Panzram, & L. Callegarin (Eds.), Entre Civitas y Madina : el mundo de las ciudades en la Península ibérica y en el Norte de África (siglos IV-IX) (13-22). Casa de Velazquez

Frontiers of Islam: an essay on the Varieties of Frontier Interactions (2018)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2018). Frontiers of Islam: an essay on the Varieties of Frontier Interactions. In K. Wolf, & K. Herbers (Eds.), Southern Italy as a Contact Area and Border Region during the Early Middle Ages : Religious-cultural heterogeneity and competing powers in local, transregional, and universal dimensions (51-64). Böhlau. https://doi.org/10.7788/9783412510473.51

The Origins of the Aghlabids (2017)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2017). The Origins of the Aghlabids. In G. D. Anderson, C. Fenwick, & M. Rosser-Owen (Eds.), The aghlabids and their Neighbors (33-48). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004356047_003

Baghdad as a Center of Learning and Book Production (2017)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2017). Baghdad as a Center of Learning and Book Production. In S. Blair, & J. Bloom (Eds.), By the Pen and What They Write: Writing in Islamic Art and Culture (91-103). Yale University Press

Muʾnis al-Muẓaffar: An exceptional eunuch (2017)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2017). Muʾnis al-Muẓaffar: An exceptional eunuch. In A. Höfert, M. M. Mesley, & S. Tolino (Eds.), Celibate and Childless Men in Power Ruling Eunuchs and Bishops in the Pre-Modern World (79-91). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315566658-4

The emergence of eunuchs as a major political and social presence in Islamic courts is a development of the third/ninth century. 1 For the first two centuries of Muslim political life, they were almost unknown, and their role, if they had one, would... Read More about Muʾnis al-Muẓaffar: An exceptional eunuch.

Landed Property and Government Finance in the Early Abbasid Caliphate (2016)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2016). Landed Property and Government Finance in the Early Abbasid Caliphate. In J. Hudson, & S. Crumplin (Eds.), "The Making of Europe" Essays in Honour of Robert Bartlett (264-276). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004311367_014

Journey to Mecca: A History (2012)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2012). Journey to Mecca: A History. In V. Porter (Ed.), Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam (68-132). British Museum Press

The Ribat in the Early Islamic World (2011)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2011). The Ribat in the Early Islamic World. In H. Day, & E. Fentress (Eds.), Western Monasticism Ante Litteram (161-175). Brepols

Shayzar: overview of its history (2011)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2011). Shayzar: overview of its history. In C. Tonghini (Ed.), Shayzar I: The Fortification of the Citadel (2-25). Brill

Great estates and elite lifestyles in the Fertile Crescent from Byzantium and Sasanian Iran to Islam (2011)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2011). Great estates and elite lifestyles in the Fertile Crescent from Byzantium and Sasanian Iran to Islam. In A. Fuess, & J.-P. Hartung (Eds.), Court Cultures of the Muslim World (54-79). Routledge

The Coming of Islam to Bukhara (2010)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2010). The Coming of Islam to Bukhara. In Y. Suleiman (Ed.), Living Islamic History: Studies in Honour of Professor Carole Hillenbrand (77-91). Edinburgh University Press

Syrian Elites from Byzantium to Islam: Survival or Extinction? (2010)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2010). Syrian Elites from Byzantium to Islam: Survival or Extinction?. In J. Haldon (Ed.), Money, Power and Politics in early Islamic Syria (181-198). Ashgate

How to found an Islamic city (2010)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2010). How to found an Islamic city. In C. Goodson, A. E. Lester, & C. Symes (Eds.), Cities, Texts and Social Networks 400-1500 (45-63). Ashgate

Survival of Iranianness (2009)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2009). Survival of Iranianness. In V. S. Curtis, & S. Stewart (Eds.), The Rise of Islam (13-29). I.B. Tauris

Inherited Cities (2008)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2008). Inherited Cities. In S. K. Jayyusi (Ed.), The City in the Islamic World (93-114). Brill

The Mediterranean Frontier: Christianity face to face with Islam, 600–1050 (2008)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2008). The Mediterranean Frontier: Christianity face to face with Islam, 600–1050. In T. F. X. Noble, & J. M. H. Smith (Eds.), Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 3: Early Medieval Christianities, c.600–c.1100 (178-196). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521817752.010

Justinianic Plague in Syria and the Archaeological Evidence (2007)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2007). Justinianic Plague in Syria and the Archaeological Evidence. In L. K. Little (Ed.), Plague and the End of Antiquity (87-95). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511812934.007