Islam : from Medina to the Magreb and from the Indies to Istanbul
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Abingdon ]England[ ; New York
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Routledge
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2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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vi, 668 p. : illus )chiefly col.(, col. maps, plans
SERIES
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Architecture in context
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3
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 652( and index
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Christopher Tadgell
ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE
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1
CONTENTS NOTE
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Part 1. Dar Al-Islam: Ascendancy of the caliphate and the assertion of orthodoxy -- Decadence of the caliphate: Shi'ite challenge -- Sunni reaction: caliphate and sultanate -- Part 2: Beyond the western pale -- Part 3: Dar Al-Islam divided: The axis of the Turks -- The orbit of Iran -- Part 4: Beyond the eastern pale