The City In The Islamic World

Author : Salma K. Jayyusi,Renata Holod,Attilio Petruccioli,Andre Raymond
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1521 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004162402

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The City in the Islamic World, Volume 94/1 & 94/2 by Salma K. Jayyusi,Renata Holod,Attilio Petruccioli,Andre Raymond Pdf

The purpose of this book is to draw attention to the sites of life, politics and culture where current and past generations of the Islamic world have made their mark. Unlike many previous volumes dealing with the city in the Islamic world, this one has been expanded not only to include snapshots of historical fabric, but also to deal with the transformation of this fabric into modern and contemporary urban entities. Salma Khadra Jayyusi was awarded Cultural Personality of the Year by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for her profound contribution to Arabic literature and culture in 2020. The paperback edition of The City in the Islamic World was published to celebrate the occasion.

Author : C. Edmund Bosworth
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789047423836

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Historic Cities of the Islamic World by C. Edmund Bosworth Pdf

This book contains articles on historic cities of the Islamic world, ranging from West Africa to Malaysia, which over the centuries have been centres of culture and learning and of economic and commercial life, and which have contributed much to the consolidation of Islam as a faith and as a social and political institution. The articles have been taken from the second edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, completed in 2004, but in many cases expanded and rewritten. All have been updated to include fresh historical information, with note of contemporary social developments and population statistics. The book thus delineates the urban background of Islam has it has evolved up to the present day, highlighting the role of such great cities as Cairo, Istanbul, Baghdad and Delhi in Islamic history, and also brings them together in a rich panorama illustrating one of mankind's greatest achievements, the living organism of the city.

Author : Mohammad Gharipour,Nilay Ozlu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317548225

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The City in the Muslim World by Mohammad Gharipour,Nilay Ozlu Pdf

Presenting a critical, yet innovative, perspective on the cultural interactions between the "East" and the "West", this book questions the role of travel in the production of knowledge and in the construction of the idea of the "Islamic city". This volume brings together authors from various disciplines, questioning the role of Western travel writing in the production of knowledge about the East, particularly focusing on the cities of the Muslim world. Instead of concentrating on a specific era, chapters span the Medieval and Modern eras in order to present the transformation of both the idea of the "Islamic city" and also the act of traveling and travel writing. Missions to the East, whether initiated by military, religious, economic, scientific, diplomatic or touristic purposes, resulted in a continuous construction, de-construction and re-construction of the "self" and the "other". Including travel accounts, which depicted cities, extending from Europe to Asia and from Africa to Arabia, chapters epitomize the construction of the "Orient" via textual or visual representations. By examining various tools of representation such as drawings, paintings, cartography, and photography in depicting the urban landscape in constant flux, the book emphasizes the role of the mobile individual in defining city space and producing urban culture. Scrutinising the role of travellers in producing the image of the world we know today, this book is recommended for researchers, scholars and students of Middle Eastern Studies, Cultural Studies, Architecture and Urbanism.

Author : Amira K. Bennison,Alison L. Gascoigne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134096497

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Cities in the Pre-Modern Islamic World by Amira K. Bennison,Alison L. Gascoigne Pdf

Wide range of case studies across the Islamic world Provides a new interdisciplinary perspective on the Islamic city Well illustrated with maps and photographs The mix of contributors is good, from well established and highly respected academics to younger, upcoming talents The issue of urbanism in the Islamic world is an enduringly popular area of study and investigation

Author : Justin Marozzi
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780241199053

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Islamic Empires by Justin Marozzi Pdf

'Outstanding, illuminating, compelling ... a riveting read' Peter Frankopan, Sunday Times Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and swathes of the Indian subcontinent. For centuries the caliphate was both ascendant on the battlefield and triumphant in the battle of ideas, its cities unrivalled powerhouses of artistic grandeur, commercial power, spiritual sanctity and forward-looking thinking. Islamic Empires is a history of this rich and diverse civilization told through its greatest cities over fifteen centuries, from the beginnings of Islam in Mecca in the seventh century to the astonishing rise of Doha in the twenty-first. It dwells on the most remarkable dynasties ever to lead the Muslim world - the Abbasids of Baghdad, the Umayyads of Damascus and Cordoba, the Merinids of Fez, the Ottomans of Istanbul, the Mughals of India and the Safavids of Isfahan - and some of the most charismatic leaders in Muslim history, from Saladin in Cairo and mighty Tamerlane of Samarkand to the poet-prince Babur in his mountain kingdom of Kabul and the irrepressible Maktoum dynasty of Dubai. It focuses on these fifteen cities at some of the defining moments in Islamic history: from the Prophet Mohammed receiving his divine revelations in Mecca and the First Crusade of 1099 to the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and the phenomenal creation of the merchant republic of Beirut in the nineteenth century.

Author : Clifford Edmund Bosworth
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004153882

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Historic Cities of the Islamic World by Clifford Edmund Bosworth Pdf

This book contains articles on historic cities of the Islamic world, ranging from West Africa to Malaysia, which over the centuries have been centres of culture and learning and of economic and commercial life, and which have contributed much to the consolidation of Islam as a faith and as a social and political institution. The articles have been taken from the second edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, completed in 2004, but in many cases expanded and rewritten. All have been updated to include fresh historical information, with note of contemporary social developments and population statistics. The book thus delineates the urban background of Islam has it has evolved up to the present day, highlighting the role of such great cities as Cairo, Istanbul, Baghdad and Delhi in Islamic history, and also brings them together in a rich panorama illustrating one of mankind's greatest achievements, the living organism of the city.

Author : Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1494 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 900443867X

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ǂThe ǂcity in the Islamic World by Salma Khadra Jayyusi Pdf

Author : Philip Khuri Hitti
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781452909592

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Capital Cities of Arab Islam by Philip Khuri Hitti Pdf

Author : Ghālib ibn ʻAwaḍ Quʻayṭī (al-Sulṭān.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X030255606

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The Holy Cities, the Pilgrimage and the World of Islam by Ghālib ibn ʻAwaḍ Quʻayṭī (al-Sulṭān.) Pdf

Mecca and Medina, the world's most forbidden cities, have long been a symbol of mystery and fascination to outsiders...In this unique, ground-breaking book, one of the world's leading experts in Arabian history investigates the colourful, often astonishing story of these two great cities. Carefully sifting fact from legend, Sultan Ghalib describes their architecture, religious life, society, and politics, and shows how they have played a pivotal role in the history of Islam. All those with an interest in Islamic civilization, religion, and current affairs, will find this volume an indispensable resource. - T.J. Winter, Professor of Islamic Studies, Cambridge University

Author : Mohammad Gharipour
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781617973468

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The Bazaar in the Islamic City by Mohammad Gharipour Pdf

The Middle Eastern bazaar is much more than a context for commerce: the studies in this book illustrate that markets, regardless of their location, scale, and permanency, have also played important cultural roles within their societies, reflecting historical evolution, industrial development, social and political conditions, urban morphology, and architectural functions. This interdisciplinary volume explores the dynamics of the bazaar with a number of case studies from Cairo, Damascus, Aleppo, Nablus, Bursa, Istanbul, Sana'a, Kabul, Tehran, and Yazd. Although they share some contextual and functional characteristics, each bazaar has its own unique and fascinating history, traditions, cultural practices, and structure. One of the most intriguing aspects revealed in this volume is the thread of continuity from past to present exhibited by the bazaar as a forum where a society meets and intermingles in the practice of goods exchange-a social and cultural ritual that is as old as human history.

Author : Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris)
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300124309

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Venice and the Islamic World, 828-1797 by Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris) Pdf

From 828, when Venetian merchants carried home from Alexandria the stolen relics of St. Mark, to the fall of the Venetian Republic to Napoleon in 1797, the visual arts in Venice were dramatically influenced by Islamic art. Because of its strategic location on the Mediterranean, Venice had long imported objects from the Near East through channels of trade, and it flourished during this particular period as a commercial, political, and diplomatic hub. This monumental book examines Venice's rise as the "bazaar of Europe" and how and why the city absorbed artistic and cultural ideas that originated in the Islamic world. Venice and the Islamic World, 828–1797 features a wide range of fascinating images and objects, including paintings and drawings by familiar Venetian artists such as Bellini, Carpaccio, and Tiepolo; beautiful Persian and Ottoman miniatures; and inlaid metalwork, ceramics, lacquer ware, gilded and enameled glass, textiles, and carpets made in the Serene Republic and the Mamluk, Ottoman, and Safavid Empires. Together these exquisite objects illuminate the ways Islamic art inspired Venetian artists, while also highlighting Venice's own views toward its neighboring region. Fascinating essays by distinguished scholars and conservators offer new historical and technical insights into this unique artistic relationship between East and West.

Author : Gharipour Mohammad Gharipour
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781474468435

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Synagogues in the Islamic World by Gharipour Mohammad Gharipour Pdf

This beautifully illustrated volume looks at the spaces created by and for Jews in areas under the political or religious control of Muslims. Covering regions as diverse as Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Spain, it asks how the architecture of synagogues responded to contextual issues and traditions, and how these contexts influenced the design and evolution of synagogues. As well as revealing how synagogues reflect the culture of the Jewish minority at macro and micro scales, from the city to the interior, the book also considers patterns of the development of synagogues in urban contexts and in connection with urban elements and monuments.

Author : Masashi Haneda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136161216

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Islamic Urban Studies by Masashi Haneda Pdf

The term 'Islamic cities' has been used to refer to cities of the Islamic world, centring on the Middle East. Academic scholarship has tended to link the cities of the Islamic world with Islam as a religion and culture, in an attempt to understand them as a whole in a unified and homogenous way. Examining studies (books, articles, maps, bibliographies) of cities which existed in the Middle East and Central Asia in the period from the rise of Islam to the beginning of the 20th century, this book seeks to examine and compare Islamic cities in their diversity of climate, landscape, population and historical background. Coordinating research undertaken since the nineteenth century, and comparing the historiography of the Maghrib, Mashriq, Turkey, Iran and Central Asia, Islamic Urbanism provides a fresh perspective on issues that have exercised academic concern in urban studies and highlights avenues for future research.

Author : Salma Khadra Jayyusi,Renata Holod,Attilio Petruccioli,André Raymond
Publisher : Handbook of Oriental Studies
Page : 1520 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9004438130

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The City in the Islamic World (2 Vols.) by Salma Khadra Jayyusi,Renata Holod,Attilio Petruccioli,André Raymond Pdf

The purpose of this book is to draw attention to the sites of life, politics and culture where current and past generations of the Islamic world have made their mark. Unlike many previous volumes dealing with the city in the Islamic world, this one has been expanded not only to include snapshots of historical fabric, but also to deal with the transformation of this fabric into modern and contemporary urban entities. Salma Khadra Jayyusi was awarded Cultural Personality of the Year by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for her profound contribution to Arabic literature and culture in 2020. The paperback edition of The City in the Islamic World was published to celebrate the occasion.

Author : Jacob Lassner
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472130368

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Medieval Jerusalem by Jacob Lassner Pdf

A compelling consideration of Jerusalem during the formative period of Islamic civilization