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al-Amīn wa-al-Maʼmūn : riwāyah tārīkhīyah ghurāmīyah

It is 809 AD in Baghdad, the capital of the 'Abbasid Empire. The famed Caliph Harun al-Rashid has died. His successor, al-Amin, son of his Hashemite Arab wife, had promised the Caliph that he would appoint his half-brother al-Ma'mun, born to a slave mother, as his heir apparent. But al-Amin appoints his own son instead. This betrayal provides an opening for the Persians to help the statesmanlike and brilliant al-Ma'mun, whom they consider one of their own, to challenge his fickle brother. Against the backdrop of this war of succession, the novel weaves parallel love stories, political intrigue and machinations, nobility and treachery, spies and counterspies. Behzad, a famous doctor with an agenda all his own, is deeply in love with the beautiful Maymuna: both are members of Persian families persecuted by the 'Abbasid house. But the son of al-Amin's vizier is also enamored with Maymuna and wants to marry her. At the center of these tangled webs is al-Amin's mysterious Chief Astrologer, whose true identity and loyalties remain unknown even to the Caliph and his court. He not only divines the future but also shapes it by changing the course of the war between the brothers--a war from which the 'Abbasid Empire never recovered. What will become of the lovers? Who will survive and who will perish? The fast-paced action and suspense leave us guessing to the very end.

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  • "Maʼmūn"
  • "Brothers at war"@en
  • "مأمون"

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  • "It is 809 AD in Baghdad, the capital of the 'Abbasid Empire. The famed Caliph Harun al-Rashid has died. His successor, al-Amin, son of his Hashemite Arab wife, had promised the Caliph that he would appoint his half-brother al-Ma'mun, born to a slave mother, as his heir apparent. But al-Amin appoints his own son instead. This betrayal provides an opening for the Persians to help the statesmanlike and brilliant al-Ma'mun, whom they consider one of their own, to challenge his fickle brother. Against the backdrop of this war of succession, the novel weaves parallel love stories, political intrigue and machinations, nobility and treachery, spies and counterspies. Behzad, a famous doctor with an agenda all his own, is deeply in love with the beautiful Maymuna: both are members of Persian families persecuted by the 'Abbasid house. But the son of al-Amin's vizier is also enamored with Maymuna and wants to marry her. At the center of these tangled webs is al-Amin's mysterious Chief Astrologer, whose true identity and loyalties remain unknown even to the Caliph and his court. He not only divines the future but also shapes it by changing the course of the war between the brothers--a war from which the 'Abbasid Empire never recovered. What will become of the lovers? Who will survive and who will perish? The fast-paced action and suspense leave us guessing to the very end."@en

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Biographical fiction"@en
  • "Arabic fiction"@ar
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en

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  • "al-Amīn wa-al-Ma'mūn"
  • "الأمين والمأمون"
  • "The calip's heirs : brothers at war : the fall of Baghdad"
  • "al-Amīn wa-al-Maʼmūn : riwāyah tārīkhīyah"
  • "Al-ʼAmīn wa al-Maʼmūn riwāyat tārrih̲iyat taštamil ala ma dar bayna al-ʼAmīn wa al-Maʼmūn ...wal ah̲lāq"
  • "al-Amīn wa-al-Maʼmūn : tashtamil ʻalá mā waqʻ bayna al-Amīn wa al-Māʼmūn min al-Khilāf baʻda wafāt wālidahumā al-Rashīd"
  • "The Caliph's heirs : brothers at war: the fall of Baghdad"
  • "al-Amīn wa-al-Maʼmūn : riwāyah tārīkhīyah ghurāmīyah"@en
  • "الأمين و المأمون"
  • "الامين والمأمون"
  • "Al-Amīn wa'l-Ma'mūn"
  • "The caliph's heirs : brothers at war : the fall of Baghdad"@en
  • "Al- Amīn wa'l-Maʼmūn"
  • "الأمين و المأمون رواية تاريخية"
  • "Syny Kharuna ar-Rashida : istorychnyĭ roman"
  • "‏الأمين والمأمون :‏ ‏رواية تاريخية غرامية /‏"
  • "al-Amīn wa-ʼl-Maʼmūn : riwāya tārīẖīya ; taštamilu ʻalā mā dāra baina ʼl-Amīn wa-ʼl-Maʼmūn min al-ẖilāf baʻd wafāh wa-ʼd-dahmāʼ ar-Rašīd, wa-qiyām al-Furs li-nuṣrat al-Maʼmūn ḥattā fataḥū Baġdād wa-qatalū al-Amīn, wa-aʻādū al-ẖilāfa ilā ibn uẖtihim al-Maʼmūn, wa-yataẖallalu ḏālika waṣf daẖāʼil as-siyāsa baina ʼl-ʻArab wa-ʼl-Furs, wa-mā yaqtaḍī al-maqām ḏikruhū min al-ādāb al-iǧtimāʻīya wa-ʼl-ʻādāt wa-ʼl-aẖlāq"
  • "الامين والمأمون : رواية تاريخية غرامية"
  • "Al-Amīn wa-al-Ma'mūn"
  • "al-Amīn wa-al-Maʼmūn riwāyah tārīkhīyah"
  • "al-Amīn wa-al-Maʼmūn"
  • "Al-Amīn wa al-Maʼmūn : riwāya taʼrīh̲iyya"
  • "al-Amīn wa-al-Maʼmūn, riwāyah tārīkhīyah"
  • "الأمين والمأمون : رواية تاريخية"
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  • "<&gt"@ar
  • "Al-Amīn wa-l-Maʼmūn"
  • "al-Amīn wa al-Māʻmūn : rūwāyah tārīkhīyah gharāmīyah"
  • "al-Amīn wa-al-Maʼmūn riwāyah tārīkhīyah ghurāmīyah"@en
  • "الامين و المٱمون : تشتمل على ما وقع بين الامين و المٱمون من الخلاف بعد وفاة والدهما الرشيد"
  • "al-Amīn wa-ăl-Maʼmūn : taštamil ʻalā mā waqaʻa bayna ăl-Amīn wa-ăl-Maʼmūn"
  • "Al-Amīn wa-l-Maʼmūn : riwāya tuʼarrih̲ li-ḥayāt al-Amīn wa-l-Maʼmūn al-ʻabbāsiyīn ilà fatḥ Baġdād wa-qatl al-Amīn"
  • "[ʼal-ʼAm̄in wa-ʼal-Maʼmūn]"
  • "Al-ʼAmīn wa al-Maʼmūn : riwāyat tuʼarriẖu li-ḥayāt al-ʼAmīn wa al-Maʼmūn al-ʻabbāsīyayn ilā fatḥ Baḡdād wa qatl al-ʼAmīn"

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