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Cities and caliphs : on the genesis of Arab Muslim urbanism

Author: Nezar AlSayyad
Publisher: New York : Greenwood Press, 1991.
Series: Contributions to the study of world history, no. 26.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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AlSayyad, Nezar.
Cities and caliphs.
New York : Greenwood Press, 1991
(OCoLC)647529946
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Nezar AlSayyad
ISBN: 0313277915 9780313277917
OCLC Number: 22629621
Description: xi, 196 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: I. Prologue: The Study of Urban Form and The Problem of the Muslim City --
II. The Typical Muslim City: A Historiography of a Concept --
III. Urban Creations of the Early Muslim Arabs: The Garrison town as a Prototype --
IV. Urban Transformations in Early Islam: Arabization or Islamization of Existing Cities --
V. Planned Capital Cities: Ideal Constructs or Imperial Palaces --
VI. Epilogue: The Arab Muslim City and The Genesis of Urban Form: Religious Ideology Versus Caliphal Authority
Series Title: Contributions to the study of world history, no. 26.
Responsibility: Nezar AlSayyad.

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