Cities of Medieval Iran

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-41960-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 868 g

Cities of Medieval Iran brings together studies in urban geography, archaeology, and history of medieval Iranian cities, spanning the Islamic period until ca. 1500, but also the pre-Islamic situation. The cities and their inhabitants take centre stage, they are not just the places where something else happened. Urban actors are given priority over external factors. The contributions take a long-term perspective and thus take the interaction between urban centres and their hinterland into account. Many contributions come from history or archaeology, but new disciplines are also methodologically integrated into the study of medieval cities, such as the arts of the book, lexicography, geomorphology, and digital instruments.

Contributors include Denise Aigle, Mehrdad Amanat, Jean Aubin, Richard W. Bulliet, Jamsheed K. Choksy, David Durand-Guédy, Etienne de la Vaissière, Majid Montazer Mahdi, Roy P. Mottahedeh, Jürgen Paul, Rocco Rante, Sarah Savant, Ali Shojai Esfahani, Donald Whitcomb and Daniel Zakrzewski.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Durand-Guédy, David

Mottahedeh, Roy

Paul, Jürgen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

David Durand-Guédy, Roy P. Mottahedeh and Jürgen Paul

Cities in Medieval Iran: a Review of Recent Publications

Jürgen Paul

Jean Aubin’s Article “Elements for the Study of Urban Agglomerations in Medieval Iran” in Context

Translation and Introduction by Jürgen Paul

Iranian Cities: Settlements and Water Management from Antiquity to the Islamic Period

Rocco Rante

“From Shahristan to Medina” Revisited

Donald Whitcomb

Why Nishapur?

Richard W. Bulliet

Inherited Landscapes in Muslim Bactra

Etienne de la Vaissière

Among Saints and Poets: The Spiritual Topography of Medieval Shiraz

Denise Aigle

The Fortified Landscape of Isfahan

Ali Shojaee Esfahani

Yazd: a “Good and Noble City” and an “Abode of Worship”

Jamsheed K. Choksy

Isfahan during the Turko-Mongol Period (11th-15th Centuries)

David Durand-Guédy

Balkh, from the Seljuqs to the Mongol Invasion

Jürgen Paul

Local Elites and Dynastic Succession: Tabriz prior to, under and following Mongol Rule (Sixth/Twelfth to Ninth/Fifteenth Centuries)

Daniel Zakrzewski

Medieval Kashan: Crossroads of Commerce and Culture

Mehrdad Amanat and Roy P. Mottahedeh

The History of Iranian Cities through their Books: What Ms. Köprülü 01589 Tells Us about 8th/14th Century Shiraz

Sarah Bowen Savant and Majid Montazer Mahdi

Medieval Lexicography on Arabic and Persian Terms for City and Countryside

Roy P. Mottahedeh

Index of Persons and Groups

Index of Places

Über Autor(innen)

David Durand-Guédy, Ph.D. (2004), is a historian specializing in pre-Mongol Iran. He has published Iranian Elites and Turkish Rulers: A History of Isfahan in the Saljuq Period (Routledge, 2010), and many articles on the relationship of Turko-Mongol rulers to city-life.

Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, Ph.D. (1970) is the Gurney Research Professor of History at Harvard University. He has written extensively on the history of the Middle East, including Loyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society (Princeton University Press, 1980), The Mantle of the Prophet (Pantheon Books, 1985; Oneworld, 2002, 2008), and Lessons in Islamic Jurisprudence (Oneworld, 2005).

Jürgen Paul, Ph.D. (1989), Universität Hamburg, is Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies. He has published widely on the pre-Mongol history of Iran and Central Asia.