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Creating an Islamic City: Beirut, Jihad, and the Sacred

Creating an Islamic City: Beirut, Jihad, and the Sacred

Mikati, Rana

Hardcover

IslamGeneral Asian HistoryGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 9004682546
ISBN13: 9789004682542
Publisher: Brill
Published: Feb 28 2024
Pages: 308
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
In Creating an Islamic City: Beirut, Jihad, and the Sacred, Rana Mikati examines for the first time the role and contribution of Beirut to the Umayyad and early Abbasid caliphates. This book traces the transformation of Beirut from a Byzantine metropolis to a place of ribāṭ, weaving previously unpublished archaeological material and narrative sources. By examining Beirut's transformation into a frontier town, the rise of a scholarly community around the Syrian jurist al-Awzā'ī (d. 157/773-774), and its integration in an Islamic sacred landscape, Creating an Islamic City shows how a provincial frontier town was integrated and participated in the early caliphate.

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