The places where men pray together : cities in Islamic lands, seventh through the tenth centuries / Paul Wheatley.

Author/creator Wheatley, Paul
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2001.
Descriptionxviii, 572 pages : maps ; 29 cm
Subjects
Urbanization--Islamic countries.
Cities and towns--Islamic countries.

Contents The roots of Islamic society -- The shaping of urban systems in the Islamic world -- Preliminaries -- The urban system in al-I͠r︣āq -- The urban system in Aqūr (al-Jazīrah) -- The urban system in al-Shām -- The urban system in the Jazīrah of the Arabs -- The urban system in al-Jibāl -- The urban system in Khūzistān -- The urban system in Fārs -- The urban system in Kirmān -- The urban system in al-Riḥāb -- The urban system in al-Daylam -- The urban system in al-Mashiq -- The urban system in Miṣr -- The urban system in al-Maghrib -- The urban fabric.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 517-552) and index.
LCCN 99049896
ISBN0226894282 (alk. paper)