The Holy City of Medina: Sacred Space in Early Islamic Arabia
Material type: TextSeries: Cambridge Studies in Islamic CivilizationPublisher: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: xv, 226 pp., maps; 24 cmISBN:- 9781107678958
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Ḥaram and im : sacred space in the pre-Islamic Ḥijaz; 2. Muhammad and the Constitution of Medina: the declaration of Medina's ḥaram; 3. Debating sanctity: the validity of Medina's ḥaram; 4. The construction of a sacred topography; 5. Following in the Prophet's footsteps, visiting his grave: early Islamic pilgrimage to Medina; 6. The Prophet's inheritance: Medina's emergence as a holy city in the first-third and seventh-ninth centuries; Conclusion.
"This book examines the emergence of Medina as a holy city, focusing on the historical developments of the first three Islamic centuries"-- Provided by publisher.
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