Imagining Antiquity in Islamic societies /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol :
Intellect Books,
2022.
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| Series: | Critical studies in architecture of the Middle East.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Imagining Antiquity in Islamic Societies
- Copyright Page
- Table of contents
- Introduction: Imagining Localities of Antiquity in Islamic
- Imagining Antiquity at Palmyra
- Heritage Values: Cosmopolitan or Local?
- Antiquity and the Islamic Imaginary
- Talismanic or Apotropaic Veneration and Reuse
- Sacred Histories
- Modern and Contemporary Heritage Discourses
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Part 1 Imagining Antiquity in Medieval Islam
- 1 'Return to Origin Is Non-existence': Al-Mada'in and Perceptions of Ruins in Abbasid Iraq
- Changing Geographies
- The Abbasid Texts
- History
- Geographies and Founded Cities
- Spolia and the Ruin
- Royal Power and the Ruin
- Poetry
- Conclusions
- Notes
- 2 Medieval Reports of the Preservation and Looting of Pre-Islamic Burials in South Arabia
- Reports of Preservation
- Reports of Looting
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 3 The Wisdom to Wonder: 'Aja'̄ib and the Pillars of Islamic India
- Whence 'aja'ib?
- The Quwwat al-Islam Mosque and Indian Islamic 'Aja'ib
- The Pillar of Firuz Shah
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Part 2 Imagining Antiquity in Ottoman Lands
- 4 Explosions and Expulsions in Ottoman Athens: A Heritage Perspective on the Temple of Olympian Zeus
- Ottomanization and Islamization in the Ottoman Empire
- The Layering of Ottoman Athens's Complex Heritage
- The Different Views of Ottoman Athens
- The Ottoman Olympieion and Its Multiple Presentations
- Discussion: The Inheritance of Ottoman Athens
- Future Prospects for New Presentations of Complex Heritage
- Notes
- 5 Spoils for the New Pyrrhus: Alternative Claims to Antiquity in Ottoman Greece
- Ali Pasha as Antiquarian
- Excavating Nikopolis and Building Preveza Anew
- The Imitator of Pyrrhus
- Victorious Triumph, From Augustus to Ali Pasha
- Conclusion: Confronting World Heritage
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- 6 Claiming the Classical Past: Ottoman Archaeology at Lagina
- The Rediscovery of Lagina
- Archaeology and Identity in the Ottoman Empire
- Osman Hamdi Bey
- Ottoman Archaeology at Lagina
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Part 3 Imagining Antiquity in Modernity
- 7 Destruction as Layered Event: Twentieth Century Ruins in the Great Mosque of Gaza
- British Aestheticization of Ruins in the Aftermath of Destruction
- Comprehending Arab Ruins from the Abandoned Encampment to the Razed Islamic City
- Origins of Destruction
- Contesting Jewish History in the Great Mosque of Gaza
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- 8 In Situ: The Contraindications of World Heritage
- The Contraindications of World Heritage
- Are Ruins Ancient?
- How Old Is World Heritage?
- Who Are the Barbarians?
- Ruins and the Displaced Promise of Eternal Life
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Part 4 Imagining Antiquity in the Contemporary World
- 9 The Masjid al-Haram: Balancing Tradition and Renewal at the Heart of Islam