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In
Creating an Islamic City: Beirut, Jihad, and the Sacred
, Rana Mikati examines for the first time the role and contribution of Beirut to the Umayyad and early Abbasid caliphates. This book traces the transformation of Beirut from a Byzantine metropolis to a place of
ribāṭ
, weaving previously unpublished archaeological material and narrative sources. By examining Beirut’s transformation into a frontier town, the rise of a scholarly community around the Syrian jurist al-Awzā‘ī (d. 157/773-774), and its integration in an Islamic sacred landscape,
Creating an Islamic City
shows how a provincial frontier town was integrated and participated in the early caliphate.
Creating an Islamic City: Beirut, Jihad, and the Sacred
, Rana Mikati examines for the first time the role and contribution of Beirut to the Umayyad and early Abbasid caliphates. This book traces the transformation of Beirut from a Byzantine metropolis to a place of
ribāṭ
, weaving previously unpublished archaeological material and narrative sources. By examining Beirut’s transformation into a frontier town, the rise of a scholarly community around the Syrian jurist al-Awzā‘ī (d. 157/773-774), and its integration in an Islamic sacred landscape,
Creating an Islamic City
shows how a provincial frontier town was integrated and participated in the early caliphate.
In
Creating an Islamic City: Beirut, Jihad, and the Sacred
, Rana Mikati examines for the first time the role and contribution of Beirut to the Umayyad and early Abbasid caliphates. This book traces the transformation of Beirut from a Byzantine metropolis to a place of
ribāṭ
, weaving previously unpublished archaeological material and narrative sources. By examining Beirut’s transformation into a frontier town, the rise of a scholarly community around the Syrian jurist al-Awzā‘ī (d. 157/773-774), and its integration in an Islamic sacred landscape,
Creating an Islamic City
shows how a provincial frontier town was integrated and participated in the early caliphate.
Creating an Islamic City: Beirut, Jihad, and the Sacred
, Rana Mikati examines for the first time the role and contribution of Beirut to the Umayyad and early Abbasid caliphates. This book traces the transformation of Beirut from a Byzantine metropolis to a place of
ribāṭ
, weaving previously unpublished archaeological material and narrative sources. By examining Beirut’s transformation into a frontier town, the rise of a scholarly community around the Syrian jurist al-Awzā‘ī (d. 157/773-774), and its integration in an Islamic sacred landscape,
Creating an Islamic City
shows how a provincial frontier town was integrated and participated in the early caliphate.
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