Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789047417460
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9789004147133
Series Statement:
History of Warfare 35
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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List of Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Umayyad castles: the Shift from late Antique Military Architecture to early Islamic Palatial Building, D. Genequand -- 2. Qasr Hallabat (Jordan) Revisited: Reassessment of the Material Evidence, I. Arce -- 3. Recent Excavations in Early Abbasid Kharab Sayyar, J-W. Meyer -- 4. The Excavations at Madinat al-Far/ Hisn Maslama on the Balikh Road, C-P. Haase -- 5. The Walls of early Islamic Ayla: Defence or Symbol?, D. Whitcomb -- 6. The" Kastrom" of Qal'at Sem'an, J-L. Biscop -- 7. The Militarization of Taste in Medieval Bilad al-Sham, N. Rabbat -- 8. The Development of Islamic Military Architecture during the Ayyubid and -- Mamluk Reconquests of Frankish Syria, B. Michaudel -- 9. The Citadel of al-Raqqa and Fortifications in the Middle Euphrates Area, S. Heidemann -- 10. La Citadelle de Damas: les apports d'une etude archéologique, S. Berthier -- 11. The Citadel of Aleppo: recent studies, J. Gonnella -- 12. Defending Ayyubid Aleppo: the fortifications of al-Zahir Ghazi (1186-1216), Y. Tabbaa -- 13. The Citadel of \Harim, S. Gelichi -- 14. The Castle of Shayzar; the fortification of the access system, C. Tonghini and N. Montevecchi -- 15. The Tower of Aybak in Ajlun Castle: an example of the spread of an architectural concept in early 13th century Ayyubid fortification, C. Yovitchich -- 16. Exploratory Mission to Shumaymis, J. Bylinski -- 17. Mediaeval Cave Fortifications of the Upper Orontes Valley (a preliminary report), B. Major -- 18. Qal'at al-Rum/Hromgla/Rumkale and the Mamluk Siege of 691AH/1292 CE, A. Stewart -- 19. Fortifications East and West, J. France -- 20. Defensive ditches in Ottoman Fortifications in Bilad al-Sham, K. Prag -- 21. Ottoman Hajj Forts, A. Petersen.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Muslim Military Architecture in Greater Syria : From the Coming of Islam to the Ottoman Period Leiden : BRILL, 2006 ISBN 9789004147133
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789047417460
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