The Shrines of the 'Alids in Medieval Syria: Sunnis, Shi'is and the Architecture of Coexistence

ISBN-13: 9781474446334 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 320 str.

Stephennie Mulder

Opis

The first illustrated, architectural history of the 'Alid shrines, increasingly endangered by the conflict in Syria

Spis treści

List of Figures and Maps; Series Editor’s Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction. ‘A Road for All Muslims’; 1. A Mashhad at Balis; 2. Aleppo, an Experiment in Islamic Ecumenism; 3. Eclectic Ecumenism: The Cemetery of Bab al-Saghir in Damascus; 4. Perpetual Patronage: Four Damascene ?Alid Shrines; 5. A Landscape of Deeds: ‘Alid Shrines and the Construction of Islamic Sacred Topography; Conclusion 'A Time of Miracles'; Bibliography; Illustration Acknowledgements; Index.