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Cities and towns, History, Islamic cities and towns, Villes islamiques, Villes, Histoire, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Sociology, UrbanPlaces
Islamic EmpireBook Details
Table of Contents
List of figures and maps
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 thirteenth centuries / 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
Fîrûzkûh: 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 Tinnîs: public amenities and private investments / Alison L. Gascoigne
Health, spirituality and power in medieval Iberia: the Mâristân and its role in Nasrid Granada / Athena C. Syrakoy
Commerce and spirituality: the urbanism of Ridwân Bey / Nicholas Warner
Index.
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