Dynamism in the Urban Society of Damascus

The Ṣāliḥiyya Quarter from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Centuries
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-30441-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 649 g

Reihe: Islamic Area Studies

This book presents a new perspective on Islamic urban society: a dynamism of social networking and justice which caused both rapid development and sudden decay in the Salihiyya quarter. Founded in the northern suburbs of Damascus by Hanbali ulama who migrated from Palestine to Syria in the mid-12th century, the quarter developed into a city through waqf endowments. It has attracted the attention of historians and travelers for its unique location, popular movements and religious features. Through the study of local chronicles, topographies and archival sources and through modern field research, Toru Miura explores the history of the Salihiyya quarter from its foundation to the early 20th century, comparing it to European, Chinese and Japanese cities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miura, Toru

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: Neuzeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik

Über Autor(innen)

Toru Miura is Professor of Comparative History at Ochanomizu University and Head of the Documentation Centre for Islamic Area Studies at the Toyo Bunko (Oriental Library). He has published extensively on social history. His works include Islamic Urban Studies: Historical Review and Perspectives (co-editor, London, 1994) and The Vellum Contract Documents in Morocco in the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries (co-editor, Tokyo, 2015).