Title & Author:

A medieval Islamic city reconsidered : an interdisciplinary approach to Samarra / edited by Chase F. Robinson.

Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2001.

Description:

206 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 26 cm.

Series:

Oxford studies in Islamic art ; 14

Notes:
"With three exceptions, the papers published here were originally delivered at the Samarra Symposium, which took place on 10-11 May 1996 at Wolfson College, Oxford"--P. 9.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207).
Samarra in ninth-century Arabic letters / Julia Bray -- Palaces of the Abbasids at Samarra / Alastair Northedge -- Palace-complex as emblem. Some Samarran Qaṣīdas / Julie Scott-Meisami -- Fixtures and fittings / Marcus Milwright -- Samarran tiles / James Allan -- Commanders of the Samarran Turkish military / Matthew Gordon -- Notes on the mint at Samarra / W. Luke Treadwell -- Form of the military cantonments at Samarra / Derek Kennett -- Feeding the army / Jeremy Johns.
Published for the Board of Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford.

Summary:

This book represents the first sustained attempt to understand Islamic urbanism and court life from an interdisciplinary approach. Samarra, the last great example of early Islamic city building in Iraq, was the capital of the Abbasid caliphate and the center of court culture during the second half of the ninth century. Although archaeologists and art historians have worked on the site extensively, the bounty of numismatic, literary, and historical evidence has hardly been tapped. Since much of this evidence overlaps, Samarra offers unique insights into the character of city building, administration, military history, court life (ritual, court poetry), and imperial ideology throughout this period. -- Publisher description.

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ISBN:

0197280242
9780197280249

Subject:

Islamic architecture Iraq Sāmarrāʼ.
Cities and towns, Medieval Iraq History.
Islamic architecture Iraq.
Cities and towns, Medieval Iraq.
Architecture islamique Irak.
Villes médiévales Irak.
Architecture islamique Irak Sāmarrā.
Cities and towns, Medieval
Islamic architecture
Kongress
Aufsatzsammlung
Stedenbouw.
Islamitische kunst.
Islamic cities and towns Iraq.
Abbasids
Palaces Iraq Sāmarrāʼ History.
Tiles Iraq Sāmarrāʼ History.
Military art and science Iraq Sāmarrāʼ History.
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq) History.
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
S*amarr*a (Irak) Histoire.
Iraq
Iraq Sāmarrāʼ
Samarra
Sāmarrāʾ (Iraq) History 634-1534.
Sāmarrāʾ (Iraq) Antiquities.
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq) Buildings, structures, etc.
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq) Civilization.
Geschichte 0836-0892

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Conference publications.
History

Added entries:

Robinson, Chase F.
University of Oxford. Faculty of Oriental Studies. Board.
Oxford studies in Islamic art ; 14.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 220982
Call No.: DS79.9.S3 S3 1996
Status: Available