Title & Author:

Historic cities of the Islamic world / edited by C. Edmund Bosworth.

Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Description:

xiii, 583, 32 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book contains articles on historic cities of the Islamic world, ranging from West Africa to Malaysia, which over the centuries have been centres of culture and learning and of economic and commercial life, and which have contributed much to the consolidation of Islam as a faith and as a social and political institution. The articles have been taken from the second edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, completed in 2004, but in many cases expanded and rewritten. All have been updated to include fresh historical information, with note of contemporary social developments and population statistics." "The book thus delineates the urban background of Islam has it has evolved up to the present day, highlighting the role of such great cities as Cairo, Istanbul, Baghdad and Delhi in Islamic history, and also brings them together in a rich panorama illustrating one of mankind's greatest achievements, the living organism of the city." -- BOOK JACKET.

Summary:

"This book contains articles on historic cities of the Islamic world, ranging from West Africa to Malaysia, which over the centuries have been centres of culture and learning and of economic and commercial life, and which have contributed much to the consolidation of Islam as a faith and as a social and political institution. The articles have been taken from the second edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, completed in 2004, but in many cases expanded and rewritten. All have been updated to include fresh historical information, with note of contemporary social developments and population statistics." "The book thus delineates the urban background of Islam has it has evolved up to the present day, highlighting the role of such great cities as Cairo, Istanbul, Baghdad and Delhi in Islamic history, and also brings them together in a rich panorama illustrating one of mankind's greatest achievements, the living organism of the city."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9789004153882 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9004153888 (hardback ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Cities and towns Islamic countries History.
Islamic cities and towns Asia History.
Islamic cities and towns Africa History.
City and town life Asia.
City and town life Africa.
Villes Pays musulmans Histoire.
Villes islamiques Asie Histoire.
Villes islamiques Afrique Histoire.
Vie urbaine Asie.
Vie urbaine Afrique.
Ciudades musulmanas Historia
Vida urbana Países musulmanes
Cities and towns.
City and town life.
Islamic cities and towns.
Islamic cities and towns History.
Africa.
Asia.
Islamic countries.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Bosworth, Clifford Edmund.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255407
Call No.: BIB 185568
Status: Available