| Description |
1 online resource (286 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization |
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Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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| Contents |
Part I. Introduction. 1. Urban regional history before the Mamluks: presenting Tripoli, Safad, and Jerusalem -- Part II. The tangible city. 2. Reading the built environment: a field survey of Mamluk Jerusalem ; 3. Houses and residential solutions in the cities of al-Sham ; 4. The neighborhood: social and spatial expressions -- Part III. The socially constructed city. 5. Awqāf and urban infrastructures ; 6. Icons of power and expressions of religious piety: the politics of Mamluk patronage -- Part IV. The conceptualized city. 7. Cities scripted, envisioned, and perceived ; 8. The public sphere -- urban autonomy and its limitations |
| Summary |
An interdisciplinary study of urban history, urban experience and the nature of urbanism under the rule of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Middle East -- History
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Mamelukes.
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TRAVEL -- Middle East -- General.
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Cities and towns
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Mamelukes
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Middle East
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781107724129 |
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1107724120 |
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9781107270114 |
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1107270111 |
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9781107732247 |
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1107732247 |
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1107721148 |
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9781107721142 |
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1107723426 |
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9781107723429 |
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1107728134 |
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9781107728134 |
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1107728738 |
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9781107728738 |
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