A medieval Islamic city reconsidered
Subtitle: an interdisciplinary approach to Samarra
By: edited by Chase F. Robinson.
Contributors: Robinson, Chase F.; University of Oxford. Faculty of Oriental Studies. Board.
Series: Oxford studies in Islamic art ;; 14
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Architecture, Islamic -- Iraq -- Sāmarrāʼ; Cities and towns, Medieval -- Iraq -- History; Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq) -- History
Notes: Published for the Board of Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-207).
Table of contents: title: Samarra in ninth-century Arabic letters -- Julia Bray; title: Palaces of the Abbasids at Samarra -- Alastair Northedge; title: Palace-complex as emblem. Some Samarran Qaṣīdas -- Julie Scott-Meisami; title: Fixtures and fittings -- Marcus Milwright; title: Samarran tiles -- James Allan; title: Commanders of the Samarran Turkish military -- Matthew Gordon; title: Notes on the mint at Samarra -- W. Luke Treadwell; title: Form of the military cantonments at Samarra -- Derek Kennett; title: Feeding the army -- Jeremy Johns.