| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 583, 32 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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EI reference guides ; 1.
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| Contents |
Abbreviations; Editor's Introduction (The Individual Cities1); The Individual Cities; Index; Illustrations |
| Summary |
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 stat |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Islamic countries -- History
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Islamic cities and towns -- Asia -- History
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Islamic cities and towns -- Africa -- History
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City and town life -- Asia
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City and town life -- Africa
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Cities and towns
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City and town life
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Islamic cities and towns
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Africa
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Asia
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Islamic countries
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bosworth, Clifford Edmund.
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| ISBN |
9789047423836 |
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9047423836 |
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1281917478 |
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9781281917478 |
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9786611917470 |
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6611917470 |
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9004153888 |
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9789004153882 |
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