Muslim Military Architecture in Greater Syria: From the Coming of Islam to the Ottoman Period

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Hugh N. Kennedy
BRILL, 2006 - 323 pagina's
Crusader castles have been the subject of academic study for well over a century but the castles constructed by Muslim powers in greater Syria have been comparatively neglected. This series of studies looks at key developments and monuments in the history of Muslim military architecture in Syria from its beginnings under the Umayyads (661-750) down to Ottoman times. These studies range from ground-breaking archaeological studies to wide-ranging analysis of broader trends. The work is fully illustrated with photographs and plans, most of them never published before.
 

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Reassessment of the Material Evi
17
Recent Excavations in Early Abbasid Kharab Sayyar
45
The Excavations at Madīnat alFarHiṣn Maslama on the Balikh Road
54
Defence or Symbol?
61
the fortifications of alZahir Ghāzī 1186
71
The Kastron of Qalat Simān
75
The Militarization of Taste in Medieval Bilad alShām
84
The Development of Islamic Military Architecture during the Ayyubid
106
The Citadel of Ḥarim
184
The Castle of Shayzar the fortification of the access system
201
an example of the spread of
225
Exploratory Mission to Shumaymis
243
Medieval Cave Fortifications of the Upper Orontes Valley a preliminary
251
Qalat alRumHromglaRumkale and the Mamluk Siege of 691AH
269
Fortifications East and West
281
Defensive ditches in Ottoman Fortifications in Bilad alShām
295

The Citadel of alRaqqa and Fortifications in the Middle Euphrates Area
122
S Heidemann
138
les apports dune etude archéologique
151
recent studies
165
Ottoman Hajj Forts
307
A Petersen
314
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Hugh Kennedy, is Professor of Arabic at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is the author of many books including The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphs (1986, 2004) and The Courts of the Caliphs (2004).

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