Title & Author:

The Islamic city : a colloquium [held at All Souls College, June 28-July 2, 1965] published under the auspices of the Near Eastern History Group, Oxford, and the Near East Centre, University of Pennsylvania / edited by A.H. Hourani and S.M. Stern.

Publication:

Oxford : Cassirer; [Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1970.

Description:

222 pages : 11 plates, illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm

Series:

Papers on Islamic history, no. 1

Notes:
Papers delivered at a meeting organized by the Near Eastern History Group, Oxford.
English or French.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : The Islamic city in the light of recent research / A.H. Hourani -- The constitution of the Islamic city / S.M. Stern -- Y a-t-il eu des corporations professionnelles dans le monde musulman classique? / C. Cahen -- Elements pour l'étude des agglomerations urbaines dans l'Iran mediéval / J. Aubin -- Note sur les villes chinoises au moment de l'apogée islamique / J. Gernet -- The foundation of Baghdad / S.A. El-Ali -- The Caliph's personal domain : the city plan of Baghdad re-examined / J. Lassner -- Samarra : a study in medieval town-planning / J.M. Rogers -- Damas à la lumiere des théories de Jean Sauvaget / N. Elisseeff -- Housing and sanitation : some aspects of medieval public service / G.T. Scanlon -- Muslim urban society in Mamlūk Syria / I.M. Lapidus -- The illustrated Maqāmāt of the thirteenth century : the bourgeoisie and the arts / O. Grabar.
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Summary:

"One of the most neglected areas of medieval Islamic history has been the development of the city. This collection, The Islamic City, containing twelve papers presented at the Meeting of the Near Eastern History Group p at Oxford in 1965, fills a notable void. It examines varied aspects of the major cities located in Persia, Iraq, Syria, and Egypt and, in one section, even compares them with their Chinese counterparts. Furthermore, several of the eminent scholars participating in this panel expertly synthesized much of the earlier disparate research on urban Islam." -- Renaissance Quarterly , Autumn, 1973, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Autumn, 1973), pp. 303-307.

ISBN:

0571090850
9780571090853
0812276345
9780812276343

Subject:

Islamic cities and towns Congresses.
Villes islamiques Congrès.
Islamic cities and towns
Steden.
Cities and towns, Islamic Addresses, essays, lectures

Form/genre:

Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

Hourani, Albert, 1915-1993, editor.
Stern, S. M. (Samuel Miklos), 1920-1969, editor.
Hourani, Albert Habib
Stern, S.M. (Samuel Miklos), 1920-1969.
Near Eastern History Group, Oxford.
Near Eastern History Group (Oxford).
Papers on Islamic history ; no. 1.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 125197
Call No.: W4082; ID:86-B5633
Status: Available