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1 online resource (x, 279 pages) : PDF file(s). |
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Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture
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Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Oct 2020). |
| Summary |
This book offers a fresh perspective on religious culture in the medieval Middle East. It investigates the ways Muslims thought about and practiced at sacred spaces and in sacred times through two detailed case studies: the shrines in honour of the head of al-Husayn (the martyred grandson of the Prophet), and the holy month of Rajab. |
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Acknowledgements; List of figures and maps; Introduction; 1. Emic Terms and Etic Concepts; 2. The State of the Art; PART I: A SACRED PLACE: The Shrine of al-Husayn's Head; 3. From Karbala to Damascus: A Relic with Multiple Shrines; 4. The Commemoration of al-Husayn in Fatimid Ascalon; 5. Excursus: Donations to Mosque and Shrines; 6. Why Ascalon? Christian martyrs and Muslim murābiṭūn (defenders); 7. Excursus: Medieval Pilgrimage: Victor Turner's Input; 8. From Ascalon to Cairo: The Duplication of Sacred Space; 9. Excursus: Faḍāʼil ʿAsqalān (The Merits of Ascalon) -- a preliminary list of 9th-15th century works; 10 From Shiʿi to Sunni: The Shrine under the Ayyubids and Mamluks; 11. Excursus - al-Husayn and Saladin in Palestinian Lore; 12. The Shrine in Ascalon under the Ayyubids and Mamluks (twelfth-sixteenth centuries); 13. Excursus: Ibn Taymiyya on the Veneration of the Head of al-Husayn; 14. Summary; PART II: A SACRED TIME: The Month of Rajab; 15. Rajab in Pre-Islamic Arabia and in Early Islam; 16. Excursus: The Founding of an Islamic Lunar Calendar; 17. Rajab during Fatimid Rule; 18. Excursus: Istighfār; 19. Rajab under the Ayyubids and Mamluks; 20. Excursus: Arabic Treatises in Praise of the Sacred Months; 21. Summary; Final Comments: Spacial and Temporal Sanctity. |
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Acknowledgements List of figures and maps INTRODUCTION 1 Emic Terms and Etic Concepts 2 The State of the Art PART I. A SACRED PLACE: The Shrine of al-Husayn's Head 3 From Karbala to Damascus: A Relic with Multiple Shrines 4 The Commemoration of al-Husayn in Fatimid Ascalon 5 Excursus: Donations to Mosque and Shrines 6 Why Ascalon? Christian martyrs and Muslim murābiṭūn (defenders) 7 Excursus: Medieval Pilgrimage: Victor Turner's Input 8 From Ascalon to Cairo: The Duplication of Sacred Space 9 Excursus: Faḍāʼil ʿAsqalān (The Merits of Ascalon) -- a preliminary list of 9th-15th century works 10 From Shiʿi to Sunni: The Shrine under the Ayyubids and Mamluks 11 Excursus - al-Husayn and Saladin in Palestinian Lore 12 The Shrine in Ascalon under the Ayyubids and Mamluks (twelfth-sixteenth centuries) 13 Excursus: Ibn Taymiyya on the Veneration of the Head of al-Husayn 14 Summary PART II. A SACRED TIME: The Month of Rajab 15 Rajab in Pre-Islamic Arabia and in Early Islam Truce ʿUmra ('minor pilgrimage') and Ritual Slaughter Fasting Prayers and Supplications Sermons 16 Excursus: The Founding of an Islamic Lunar Calenda 17 Rajab during Fatimid Rule Official Rites of Rajab ʿUmra and Ziyāra Prayers and Supplications Fasting 18 Excursus: Istighfār 19 Rajab under the Ayyubids and Mamluks Prayers and Supplications The Night of Ascension Fasting ʿUmra ('minor pilgrimage') and Ziyāra (visitation) Charitable Giving and other Devotions Processions 20 Excursus: Arabic Treatises in Praise of the Sacred Months 21 Summary FINAL COMMENTS: Spacial and Temporal Sanctity. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Islam -- Middle East -- Religion -- History -- To 1500.
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Islam. |
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Middle East. |
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Religion. |
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History. |
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To 1500 |
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Religion -- Practice -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500.
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Shrines -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500.
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Shrines. |
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HISTORY / Middle East / General. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: 9781474460965 |
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9781474460996 (ebook) |
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1474460992 (ebook) |
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9781474460965 (hardback) |
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