TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harry Munt
TI  - The Holy City of Medina: Sacred Space in Early Islamic Arabia
T2  - Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
SN  - 9781107678958
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Holy cities
KW  - Saudi Arabia
KW  - Medina
KW  - 7th to 9th centuries
KW  - Medina (Saudi Arabia)
N1  - 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
N2  - "This book examines the emergence of Medina as a holy city, focusing on the historical developments of the first three Islamic centuries"--
ER  -