Cities of medieval iran / / edited by David Durand-Guédy, Roy Mottahedeh, Jürgen Paul.
Cities of Medieval Iran brings together studies in urban geography, archaeology, and history of medieval Iranian cities, spanning the Islamic period until ca. 1500, but also the pre-Islamic situation. The cities and their inhabitants take centre stage, they are not just the places where something el...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, the Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : BRILL,, [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Copyright page
- Preface / David Durand-Gudy, Roy P. Mottahedeh, and Jrgen Paul
- Cities in Medieval Iran: a Review of Recent Publications / Jrgen Paul
- Jean Aubins Article Elements for the Study of Urban Agglomerations in Medieval Iran in Context
- Iranian Cities: Settlements and Water Management from Antiquity to the Islamic Period / Rocco Rante
- From Shahristan to Medina Revisited / Donald Whitcomb
- Why Nishapur? / Richard W. Bulliet
- Inherited Landscapes in Muslim Bactra / Etienne de la Vaissire
- Among Saints and Poets: The Spiritual Topography of Medieval Shiraz / Denise Aigle
- The Fortified Landscape of Isfahan / Ali Shojaee Esfahani
- Yazd: a Good and Noble City and an Abode of Worship / Jamsheed K. Choksy
- Isfahan during the Turko-Mongol Period (11th-15th Centuries) / David Durand-Gudy
- Balkh, from the Seljuqs to the Mongol Invasion / Jrgen Paul
- Local Elites and Dynastic Succession: Tabriz prior to, under and following Mongol Rule (Sixth/Twelfth to Ninth/Fifteenth Centuries) / Daniel Zakrzewski
- Medieval Kashan: Crossroads of Commerce and Culture / Mehrdad Amanat and Roy P. Mottahedeh
- The History of Iranian Cities through Their Books: What Ms. Kprl 01589 Tells Us about 8th/14th Century Shiraz / Sarah Bowen Savant and Majid Montazer Mahdi
- Medieval Lexicography on Arabic and Persian Terms for City and Countryside / Roy P. Mottahedeh
- Index of Persons and Groups
- Index of Places.