Cities in the pre-modern Islamic world
Subtitle: the urban impact of religion, state and society
By: Amira K. Bennison and Alison L. Gascoigne.
Contributors: Gascoigne, Alison L.
Series: SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East -- 6
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780415424394; 9780203946473
Subjects: Islamic cities and towns -- Islamic Empire.; Cities and towns -- Islamic Empire -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: List of figures and maps; value: List of contributors; value: Acknowledgements; value: List of abbreviations; value: Note on transliteration; value: Introduction / Amira K. Bennison; value: The genesis of "Islamic" cities; value: An urban structure for the early Islamic city: an archaeological hypothesis / Donald Whitcomb; value: The foundation legend of Fez and other islamic cities in light of the life of the prophet / Simon O'Meara; value: The city of Sultan Kala, Merv, Turkmenistan: communities, neighbourhoods and urban planning from the eighth to thirteenth centuries / Tim Williams; value: Power and the city; value: Power and the city in the Islamic west from the Umayyads to the Almohads / Amira K. Bennison; value: Ceremonial and sacred space in early Fatimid Cairo / Jonathan M. Bloom; value: Fîrûzkûh: the summer capital of the Ghurids / David Thomas; value: Fathpur Sikri and Isfahan: the founding and layout of capital cities in Mughal India and Safavid Iran / Stephen P. Blake; value: The impact of religion on urban life; value: The water supply of Tinnîs: public amenities and private investments / Alison L. Gascoigne; value: Health, spirituality and power in medieval Iberia: the Mâristân and its role in Nasrid Granada / Athena C. Syrakoy; value: Commerce and spirituality: the urbanism of Ridwân Bey / Nicholas Warner; value: Index.