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
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright Page
- Motto
- Acknowledgements
- Transliteration, Dates, and Toponyms
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- The Administrative Relationship between Alexandria and al-Fusṭāṭ
- The Commercial Development of Alexandria after the Foundation of al-Fusṭāṭ
- Changes in the Military Administration of Upper Egypt and Its Relationship with al-Fusṭāṭ
- Al-Fusṭāṭ and the Legal Administration of Upper Egypt
- General Conclusion: On the Development of al-Fusṭāṭ’s Relationship with Its Hinterland
- Overview of the Heads of the Civil and Military Administrations of Alexandria, and Governors in Alexandria
- Back Matter
- Bibliography.