This book presents a comprehensive overview of the history, archaeology and architecture of the city of Ramla from the time of its foundation as capital of Umayyad Palestine around 715 until the end of Ottoman rule in 1917. It begins with a historical outline covering in turn the early Islamic (Robert Hoyland), Crusader (Peter Edbury), Ayyubid-Mamluk (Donald S. Richards) and Ottoman periods (Matthew Elliot). In the archaeological section, Gideon Avni’s synthesis of the results of excavations on the early Islamic city is followed by discussions of the Umayyad-period aqueduct (Amir Gorzalczany) and the historical interpretation of First World War aerial photographs (Benjamin Z. Kedar). Architectural studies include a complete corpus of the su...
The hammams (or Islamic bath-houses), commonly known as ‘Turkish baths’, are one of the key urban fa...
Following the Islamic conquest of Jerusalem in the early 7th century, the new rulers of the city alm...
Muslims contributed to the development of civilization in the Islamic Orient dramatically, especiall...
This book presents a comprehensive overview of the history, archaeology and architecture of the city...
This book presents a comprehensive overview of the history, archaeology and architecture of the city...
Hammam Al-Ward is an Ottoman monument in Saida. Siada (or Sidon) is a coastal city in Lebanon and a ...
This chapter discusses the historical and architectural evidence relating to the Christian buildings...
Historiography and archaeological research have traditionally defined mosques mainly as religious sp...
After becoming Governor of Syria in 639/40, Mu\u27awiya I either expanded a mosque of the Caliph \u2...
Hammam Al-Ward is an Ottoman monument in Saida. Siada (or Sidon) is a coastal city in Lebanon and a ...
This book discusses the subjects of the history and architecture of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah....
This book deals with the themes of the history and architecture of al-Masjid al-Haram. In the book, ...
This book provides a comprehensive framework for appreciating the architecture of Madinah. Its objec...
Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world. It was built by the Canaanites in 3000 B.C., bec...
This book provides a comprehensive framework for appreciating the architecture of Shamiyyah, one of ...
The hammams (or Islamic bath-houses), commonly known as ‘Turkish baths’, are one of the key urban fa...
Following the Islamic conquest of Jerusalem in the early 7th century, the new rulers of the city alm...
Muslims contributed to the development of civilization in the Islamic Orient dramatically, especiall...
This book presents a comprehensive overview of the history, archaeology and architecture of the city...
This book presents a comprehensive overview of the history, archaeology and architecture of the city...
Hammam Al-Ward is an Ottoman monument in Saida. Siada (or Sidon) is a coastal city in Lebanon and a ...
This chapter discusses the historical and architectural evidence relating to the Christian buildings...
Historiography and archaeological research have traditionally defined mosques mainly as religious sp...
After becoming Governor of Syria in 639/40, Mu\u27awiya I either expanded a mosque of the Caliph \u2...
Hammam Al-Ward is an Ottoman monument in Saida. Siada (or Sidon) is a coastal city in Lebanon and a ...
This book discusses the subjects of the history and architecture of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah....
This book deals with the themes of the history and architecture of al-Masjid al-Haram. In the book, ...
This book provides a comprehensive framework for appreciating the architecture of Madinah. Its objec...
Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world. It was built by the Canaanites in 3000 B.C., bec...
This book provides a comprehensive framework for appreciating the architecture of Shamiyyah, one of ...
The hammams (or Islamic bath-houses), commonly known as ‘Turkish baths’, are one of the key urban fa...
Following the Islamic conquest of Jerusalem in the early 7th century, the new rulers of the city alm...
Muslims contributed to the development of civilization in the Islamic Orient dramatically, especiall...