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A medieval Islamic city reconsidered : an interdisciplinary approach to Samarra /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: University of Oxford. Faculty of Oriental Studies. Board
Other Authors: Robinson, Chase F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2001]
Series:Oxford studies in Islamic art ; 14.
Subjects:
Islamic architecture > Iraq > Sāmarrāʼ.
Cities and towns, Medieval > Iraq > History.
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq) > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Samarra in ninth-century Arabic letters / Julia Bray
  • Palaces of the Abbasids at Samarra / Alastair Northedge
  • Palace-complex as emblem. Some Samarran Qaṣīdas / Julie Scott-Meisami
  • Fixtures and fittings / Marcus Milwright
  • Samarran tiles / James Allan
  • Commanders of the Samarran Turkish military / Matthew Gordon
  • Notes on the mint at Samarra / W. Luke Treadwell
  • Form of the miltary cantonments at Samarra / Derek Kennett
  • Feeding the army / Jeremy Johns.