Historical Topography of Samarra
by Northedge, AlastairEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-10-30
Publisher(s): David Brown Book Co
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Summary
This is the first fundamentally new work to come out in half a century on one of the world's most famous Islamic archaeological sites: Samarra, in Iraq. This capital of the Abbasid caliphs in the 9th century is not only one of the largest urban sites worldwide, but also gives us the essence of what the physical appearance of the caliphate was like, for early Baghdad is long lost. Northedge sets out to explain the history and development of this enormous site, 45 km long, using both archaeological and textual sources to weave a new interpretation of how the city worked: its four caliphal palaces, four Friday mosques, cantonments for the military and for the palace servants, houses for the men of state and generals.
Table of Contents
| List of tables | |
| List of figures | |
| Introduction | p. 19 |
| Sources and methods | p. 27 |
| The regional environment | p. 35 |
| Samarra before the Abbasid period | p. 43 |
| Al-Qadisiyya and the cities of the Qatul | p. 81 |
| Surra Man Ra'a : the city of al-Mu'tasim | p. 97 |
| The Dar al-Khilafa | p. 133 |
| Al-Hayr | p. 151 |
| The military cantonments | p. 167 |
| The palaces of al-Mutawakkil | p. 195 |
| Al-Jaf'fari and al-Mutawakkiliyya | p. 211 |
| Al-Haruni and the west bank of the Tigris | p. 225 |
| The end of Abbasid Samarra : Samarra in the medieval and modern periods | p. 239 |
| Samarra, Baghdad and other Islamic cities | p. 247 |
| Bibliography | p. 261 |
| Al-Ya'qubi's description of Samarra in the Kitab al-Buldan | p. 267 |
| The description of Samarra by Ibn al-Faqih al-Hamadhani | p. 274 |
| Toponyms at Samarra known from texts | p. 276 |
| Glossary of Arabic terms | p. 359 |
| Source of figures | p. 363 |
| Photographic credits | p. 365 |
| Index | p. 367 |
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