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Author Mulder, Stephennie F., author.

Title The shrines of the 'Alids in medieval Syria : Sunnis, Shi'is and the architecture of coexistence / Stephennie Mulder.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 297 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Edinburgh studies in Islamic art
Edinburgh studies in Islamic art.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-285) and index.
Contents 'A road for all Muslims' -- A mashhad at Balis -- Aleppo: an experiment in Islamic ecumenism -- Eclectic ecumenism: the cemetery of Bab al-Saghir in Damascus -- Perpetual patronage: four Damascene ʻAlid shrines -- A landscape of deeds: ʻAlid shrines and the construction of Islamic sacred topography -- A time of miracles.
Summary "The 'Alids (descendants of the Prophet Muhammad) are among the most revered figures in Islam, beloved by virtually all Muslims, regardless of sectarian affiliation. This study argues that despite the common identification of shrines as 'Shi'i' spaces, they have in fact always been unique places of pragmatic intersectarian exchange and shared piety, even - and perhaps especially - during periods of sectarian conflict. Using a rich variety of previously unexplored sources, including textual, archaeological, architectural, and epigraphic evidence, Stephennie Mulder shows how these shrines created a unifying Muslim 'holy land' in medieval Syria, and proposes a fresh conceptual approach to thinking about landscape in Islamic art. In doing so, she argues against a common paradigm of medieval sectarian conflict, complicates the notion of Sunni Revival, and provides new evidence for the negotiated complexity of sectarian interactions in the period."--Publisher's website.
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Subject Islamic shrines -- Syria -- History -- To 1500.
Islamic shrines.
Syria.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Sacred space -- Syria -- History -- To 1500.
Sacred space.
Alids -- History -- To 1500.
Alids.
Landscapes in art.
Landscapes in art.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Mulder, Stephennie F. Shrines of the 'Alids in medieval Syria. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014] 9780748645794 (DLC) 2013481674 (OCoLC)863172576
ISBN 9781474471169 (electronic book)
1474471161 (electronic book)
9780748645794
0748645799