The rise of a capital : : Al-Fustat and its hinterland, 18/639-132/750 / / by Jelle Bruning.

In The Rise of a Capital: Al-Fusṭāṭ and Its Hinterland, 18/639-132/750 , Jelle Bruning maps al-Fusṭāṭ’s development from a garrison town founded by Muslim conquerors near modern Cairo (Egypt) in c. 640 C.E. into a bustling provincial capital a century later. Synthesising contemporary papyri, archaeo...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2018]
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Islamic History and Civilization 153.
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 pages).
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