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Cities in the pre-modern Islamic world : the urban impact of religion, state and society /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bennison, Amira K.
Otros Autores: Gascoigne, Alison L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, ©2007.
Colección:SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East ; 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of illustrations
  • List of contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations
  • Note on transliteration
  • Introduction / Amira K. Bennison
  • The genesis of 'Islamic' cities
  • An urban structure for the early Islamic city : an archaeological hypothesis / Donald Whitcomb
  • The foundation legend of Fez and other Islamic cities in light of the life of the Prophet / Simon O'Meara
  • The city of Sultan Kala, Merv, Turkmenistan : communities, neighbourhoods and urban planning from the eighth to the thirteenth century / Tim Williams
  • Power and the city
  • Power and the city in the Islamic west from the Umayyads to the Almohads / Amira K. Bennison
  • Ceremonial and sacred space in early Fatimid Cairo / Jonathan M. Bloom
  • Fīrūzkūh : the summer capital of the Ghurids / David Thomas
  • Fathpur Sikri and Isfahan : the founding and layout of capital cities in Mughal India and Safavid Iran / Stephen P. Blake
  • The impact of religion on urban life
  • The water supply of Tinnīs : public amenities and private investments / Alison L. Gascoigne
  • Health, spirituality and power in medieval Iberia : the māristān and its role in Nasrid Granada / Athena C. Syrakoy
  • Commerce and spirituality : the urbanism of Riḍwān Bey / Nicholas Warner
  • Index.