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9780521196772 Index.Pdf Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-19677-2 - Muslim Expansion and Byzantine Collapse in North Africa Walter E . Kaegi Index More information Index ʿAbd al-ʿA z ī z , apocalyptic beliefs, eschatological expectations, ʿA b d a l - M a l i k b . M a r w ā n , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , A p s i m a r see Tiberius II ʿAbd al-WāĶid Dhanūn Žā h a , , , Arabists’ disciplinary perspectives, ʿA b d A l l ā h b . a l - Z u b a y r , , , , A r a b s , B y z a n t i n e s t e r e o t y p e s , ʿAbd Allāh b. Ḥu d h a y f a a l - A z d ī , a r c h a e o l o g i c a l e v i d e n c e , , ʿAbd Allāh b. Mūsā b. NuŴa y r , , , A r i a n i s m , , , ʿAbd Allāh b. Saʿd b. Abī SarĶ, , , , , A r m e n i a n s , , , , , , , , A t l a s M o u n t a i n s , stay in North Africa, A u g u s t i n e o f H i p p o , S a i n t , , , , , ʿAbd Allāh b. ‘Umar b. al-Khažžāb, A u r e s M o u n t a i n s , , , , , , , , A b ū ’ l ʿArab, , , , Abū’l A‘war al-Sulamī, ʿAyn Jallūla = Cululis Th eodoriana, , A b ū ’ l M a Ķāsin, ʿA y y ā s h b . a l - A k h y a l , A b ū ’ l M u h ā j i r D ī n ā r , , , , , , c a m p a i g n s o f , – , – B a g h a i ( N u m i d i a ) , , r e p l a c e m e n t o f , – a l - B a k r ī , adelphopoiesis , a l - B a l ā d h u r ī , , A d n a , , , , , B a l e a r i c I s l a n d s , S p a i n , – “Africa” = Ifrīqiya, Roman concept, M u s l i m r a i d o f , A f r i c a P r o c o n s u l a r i s , , , , , , , B a n ū ʿA b d a l - W ā d t r i b e , , B a n ū I f r a n t r i b e , “ A f r i c a n d r i l l , ” – B a r b a r y , Africans, stereotypes of, , , Barberini Ivory (Paris), Agapius of Membij, B a r q a , , Akhbār majmū‘a fī fatḥ al-Andalus , , B a t n a M o u n t a i n s , , A l g e r i a , , battle lines, single and double, – archaeology of Romans and Byzantines, see also strategic culture , Battle of the Masts (Battle of Phoenix), , , a m b u s h e s see strategic culture , amīr al-mu’minīn (Commander of the B a t t l e o f S b e i t l a see Sbeitla, Battle of B e l i e v e r s ) , , Bayān al-mughrib , ʿAmr b. al-‘ĀŴ, , , , B e l i e v e r s , t h e , , , , amṣār , B e n a b b è s , M o h a m e d , , ananeosis ( r e n e w a l ) , , “ B e r b e r s , ” , , , , , A n a s t a s i u s t h e S i n a i t e , S a i n t , , , , , use of term discouraged in favor of , , “ a u t o c h t h o n o u s , ” A n a t o l i a , B e s c h i l g a , A n d r é , P . J . , Bizerte (modern)/Hippo Diarrhytus (Latin) A n t i - T a u r u s r a n g e , see Hippo Diarrhytus A n t i c h r i s t , B o u G r a r a ( m o d e r n ) / G i g t h i s see Gigthis © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-19677-2 - Muslim Expansion and Byzantine Collapse in North Africa Walter E . Kaegi Index More information Index Bu s r b . A b ī A r žāž, C h r i s t e n d o m i n , , , , , B y z a c i u m ( B y z a c e n a ) , , , , , , , Christians’ appeals to Muslims for , , , , protection against autochthonous tribal c o n c e d e d t o M u s l i m s , r a i d s , d e f e n d i n g , d e fi n i n g , Byzantine authority and control in North e x t e n t o f , – , , , , Africa grievances over Byzantine offi cials’ taxation, autochthonous tribes gaining control, – , b r e a k d o w n o f , , , , , , – , , Islamicization, process of, , , , , J e w s i n , Byzantine actions, listed (Table ), – v a l i d i t y o f t e r m , , Byzantine commanders, poor quality of, Vandals’ invasions of, , , see also Byzantine authority and control conquest, use of term, i n N o r t h A f r i c a ; B y z a n t i n e s ; C h r i s t i a n end of, interpreted by Christians, contexts in North Africa ; ethnicity ; e x t r e m e l y o v e r e x t e n d e d , , – , , , geographical and logistical realities ; North , , , , , Africa and North Africans failure to provide local agency, B y z a n t i n e s H e r a c l i a n f a m i l y t i e s w i t h , – b e l i e v i n g t h e m s e l v e s a i d e d b y G o d , in imperial art on Africa and Asia, considering themselves to be Romans, lacking identity of interests with North failing to establish identity of interests with A f r i c a n s , – , , – N o r t h A f r i c a n s , – , , – lapse and restoration of, – knowledge of Islamic thought, Muslims’ awareness of weakness of, , l i t e r a r y s o u r c e s f o r , options for off ensives and resistance r e c o n q u e s t o f A f r i c a , ( – ) , – Byzantinists’ disciplinary perspectives, – , r e c o n q u e s t a g a i n s t V a n d a l s , , , responsibility for loss of, – n e g l e c t o f M u s l i m c o n q u e s t o f A f r i c a , rotation of military offi cers between North Africa and the East, – C a e s a r e a M a u r e t a n i e n s i s , s h i f t t o t r i b a l r e s i s t a n c e ( – ) , – c a m e l s status of defenses in Southern Tunisia, g o o d t e r r a i n f o r , , – role in Muslim conquests not s t r a t e g i c a n d e c o n o m i c i n t e r e s t s , – e s t a b l i s h e d , B y z a n t i n e E m p i r e C a p e B o n p e n i n s u l a , , , administrative centers, bureaucratic C a r t h a g e s t r u c t u r e s , i m p e r i a l p o l i c i e s o f , , – a d m i n i s t r a t i v e c e n t e r a t , , , , as continuation/heir of Roman Empire, B y z a n t i n e s r e o c c u p y i n g , cumbersome infrastructure of, for distant f a l l o f a n d i t s a f t e r m a t h ( – ) , , r e g i o n s , – h i s t o r i c a l a n d g e o g r a p h i c a l s c o p e , – l o s s o f , , , , , , m a p s , x – x i , , m i n t a t , , a s m a r i t i m e e m p i r e , p l a g u e o u t b r e a k i n , , m i s t r u s t o f , , v i e w p o i n t f r o m , as protecting the Christian West, C a t h o l i c d i s p u t e a n d d i s s e n t , , t a x e s , , , , , , – , Catholic North Africa, B y z a n t i n e – M u s l i m t r e a t y , s o - c a l l e d , , see also Christian contexts in North Africa Byzantine naval power C a u d e l , M a u r i c e , , i n B a l e a r i c s , , c e r e a l s , c u l t i v a t i o n o f , , n a v a l e x p e d i t i o n s o f , , , , , , , c e r t a i n t y see historiographical problems and , , issues t r a n s f e r o f t o C e u t a , C e u t a ( m o d e r n ) = S e p t e m ( p o r t ) see Septem see also geographical and logistical realities C h a l c e d o n i a n C h r i s t i a n s , , , – , Byzantine North Africa C h e r r y , D a v i d , b e c o m i n g m a r g i n a l t o t h e E m p i r e , C h o t t s ( d r y s a l t l a k e s ) , © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-19677-2 - Muslim Expansion and Byzantine Collapse in North Africa Walter E .
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