Cities in the Pre-Modern Islamic World : The Urban Impact of Religion, State and Society

List of illustrations vii List of contributors ix Acknowledgements xi List of abbreviations xii Note on transliteration xiii 1 Introduction 1 AMIRA K. BENNISON PART I The genesis of 'Islamic' cities 13 2 An urban structure for the early Islamic city: an archaeological hypothesis 15 DONALD WHITCOMB 3 The foundation legend of Fez and other Islamic cities in light of the life of the Prophet 27 SIMON O'MEARA 4 The city of Sultan Kala, Merv, Turkmenistan: communities, neighbourhoods and urban planning from the eighth to the thirteenth century 42 TIM WILLIAMS PART II Power and the city 63 5 Power and the city in the Islamic west from the Umayyads to the Almohads 65 AMIRA K. BENNISON 6 Ceremonial and sacred space in early Fatimid Cairo 96 JONATHAN M. BLOOM 7 Firdzkah: the summer capital of the Ghurids 115 DAVID THOMAS 8 Fathpur Sikri and Isfahan: the founding and layout of capital cities in Mughal India and Safavid Iran 145 STEPHEN P. BLAKE PART III The impact of religion on urban life 159 9 The water supply of Tinnis: public amenities and private investments 161 ALISON L. GASCOIGNE 10 Health, spirituality and power in medieval Iberia the maristan and its role ire Nasrid Granada 177 ATHENA C. SYRAKOY 11 Commerce and spirtuality: the urbanism of Ridwan Bey 196 NICHOLAS WARNER Index 225