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Cities and towns, History, Islamic cities and towns, Villes islamiques, Villes, Histoire, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Sociology, UrbanPlaces
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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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