Cities in the pre-modern Islamic world : the urban impact of religion, state and society / Amira K. Bennison and Alison L. Gascoigne.
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| Series: | SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East ;
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Table of Contents:
- 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.