ISBN:
9789004434332
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (501 pages)
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Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Cities in Medieval Iran: a Review of Recent Publications -- Jean Aubin's 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 -- "From Shahristān to Medina" Revisited -- Why Nishapur? -- Inherited Landscapes in Muslim Bactra -- Among Saints and Poets: The Spiritual Topography of Medieval Shiraz -- The Fortified Landscape of Isfahan -- Yazd: a "Good and Noble City" and an "Abode of Worship" -- Isfahan during the Turko-Mongol Period (11th-15th Centuries) -- Balkh, from the Seljuqs to the Mongol Invasion -- Local Elites and Dynastic Succession: Tabriz prior to, under and following Mongol Rule (Sixth/Twelfth to Ninth/Fifteenth Centuries) -- Medieval Kashan: Crossroads of Commerce and Culture -- The History of Iranian Cities through Their Books: What Ms. Köprülü 01589 Tells Us about 8th/14th Century Shiraz -- Medieval Lexicography on Arabic and Persian Terms for City and Countryside -- Index of Persons and Groups -- Index of Places.
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