Building the Arab Muslim City
Author | : Nezar AlSayyad |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 610 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Nezar AlSayyad |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 610 |
Release | : 1988 |
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ISBN | : |
Author | : Besim Selim Hakim |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2013-07-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1136140824 |
First published in 1989. An essential reference for researchers, scholars and urban planners this is a reference for all those interested in both the history and future developments of urban design for Arab Islamic cities.
Author | : Nezar AlSayyad |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1991-05-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The history of the Islamic world includes many unique cultural, religious, scientific, and architectural developments. Among these was the evolution of the Arab Muslim city, which occurred during the rapid expansion of the Muslim empire in the seventh and eighth centuries A.D. In this probing volume, Nezar AlSayyad examines the extraordinary characteristics of Islamic urbanism and the process by which cities and towns were absorbed and physically transformed by Islam. The early leaders of the Muslim empire--caliphs, amirs, and other rulers--had a lasting effect on what the modern scholar would call their cities' urban form. AlSayyad demonstrates that the stereotypical model of the Muslim city is inadequate, not only because individual rulers in regions of the empire were different, but also due to various cultural influences that were indigenous to conquered areas. After a prologue, the study begins with a historiography of the concept of the Muslim city and how it was paralleled by the development of its physical form. Garrison towns, established as military camps by early Arab conquerors, are examined next by AlSayyad. His research shows that building methods and urban form in the Arab cities were products of Islamization and consolidation of Caliphal power. New capital towns and cities, AlSayyad maintains, were also results of elaborate personal expressions of politico-religious authority by certain Muslim rulers. The book ends by suggesting that the Arabs' and their leaders' changing view of the role of architecture was a major factor behind the fluid urban forms of Muslim cities. This significant contribution to the study of the Arab world and its cultural history will be of great value to Middle East, urban, and architectural historians, anthropologists, and archaeologists, as well as to students of Islamic history and urbanism.
Author | : Besim S. Hakim |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Saleh Ali Al-Hathloul |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : City planning |
ISBN | : 9789960905419 |
Author | : ADEL S. AL-DOSARY, MOHAMMAD MIR SHAHID |
Publisher | : EDUCatt - Ente per il diritto allo studio universitario dell'Università Cattolica |
Total Pages | : 105 |
Release | : 2014-05-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 8867802720 |
Author | : Salma K. Jayyusi |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 1521 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004162402 |
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 | : Besim Selim Hakim |
Publisher | : Kegan Paul International |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2001-03-01 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780710307286 |
This is a study in vernacular architecture covering the Middle East and North Africa, particularly concentrating on the interaction between religion and society on the one hand and building practice and city planning on the other. Using various sources, some of which date back to the fourteenth century, the author convincingly contends that building and urban development accomplished within the Arabic-Islamic cultural framework achieved a high level of sophistication.
Author | : Akbar |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2023-11-27 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9004660607 |
Author | : Stefano Bianca |
Publisher | : vdf Hochschulverlag AG |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9783728119728 |