Muslim Military Architecture in Greater Syria

From the Coming of Islam to the Ottoman Period
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-90-04-14713-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 35, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 908 g

Reihe: History of Warfare

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kennedy, Hugh

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Hugh Kennedy, is Professor of Arabic at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is the author of many books including The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphs (1986, 2004) and The Courts of the Caliphs (2004).