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Aims and ScopeTo integrate the regions of the early Islamic Empire from Central Asia to North Africa, transregional and regional elites of various backgrounds were essential. This volume is an important contribution to the conceptualization of the largest empire of Late Antiquity.After a theoretical introduction to the concept of ‘elites’ in an early Islamic context, the papers focus on elite structures and networks within selected regions of the Empire (Transoxiana, Khurāsān, Armenia, Fārs, Iraq, al-Jazīra, Syria, Egypt, and Ifrīqiya). They analyze elite groups across social, religious, geographical, and professional boundaries. Some papers take up contemporary terminology and its application within the sources.While previous studies used Iraq as the paradigm for the entire empire, this volume looks at diverse regions instead. While each region seems to be different based on its heterogeneous surviving sources, its physical geography, and its indigenous population and elites, the comparative approach highlights certain common patterns of governance and interaction across the Empire in its first three centuries.Table of ContentsStefan HeidemannIntroduction: Transregional and Regional Elites – Connecting the Early Islamic EmpireHannah-Lena Hagemann, Katharina Mewes &#38; Peter VerkinderenStudying Elites in Early Islamic History: Concepts and Terminology Arabia and IraqGeorg LeubeInsult the Caliph, Marry al-Ḥasan, and Redeem Your Kingdom: Freiheitsgrade of Kindī Elites During the 7th to 9th CenturyNoëmie LucasLandowners in Lower Iraq during the 8th Century: Types and InterplaysHugh KennedyThe Rise and Fall of the Early ʿAbbāsid Political and Military Elite The EastJürgen PaulWho Were the Mulūk Fārs?Ahmad KhanAn Empire of Elites: Mobility in the Early Islamic Empire Amikam EladPreliminary Notes on the Term and Institution of al-Shākiriyya in Early Islam (ca. 14–218 H/635–36–833 CE) Mainly According to the ArabicThe Eastern Mediterranean and the NorthAlison VaccaKhurāsānī and Transoxanian Ostikans of Early ʿAbbāsid ArmeniaSimon Gundelfinger &#38; Peter VerkinderenThe Governors of al-Shām and Fārs in the Early Islamic Empire – A Comparative Regional PerspectiveHannah-Lena HagemannMuslim Elites in the Early Islamic Jazīra: The Qāḍīs of Ḥarrān, al-Raqqa, and al-MawṣilPhilip WoodChristian Elite Networks in the Jazīra, c.730–850 The WestPetra SijpesteijnEstablishing Local Elite Authority in Egypt Through Arbitration and MediationYaacov LevThe Civilian Ruling Elite of the Ṭūlūnid-Ikhshīdid PeriodCyrille AilletConnecting the Ibāḍī Network in North Africa with the Empire (2nd–3rd/8th–9th Centuries)