The Arab Muslim City
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The Arab Muslim City
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Author : Saleh Ali Al-Hathloul
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Arab Muslim City written by Saleh Ali Al-Hathloul and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with City planning categories.
Building The Arab Muslim City
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Author : Nezar AlSayyad
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Building The Arab Muslim City written by Nezar AlSayyad and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with categories.
Cities And Caliphs
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Author : Nezar AlSayyad
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1991-05-30
Cities And Caliphs written by Nezar AlSayyad and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-05-30 with History categories.
The history of the Islamic world includes many unique cultural, religious, scientific, and architectural developments. Among these was the evolution of the Arab Muslim city, which occurred during the rapid expansion of the Muslim empire in the seventh and eighth centuries A.D. In this probing volume, Nezar AlSayyad examines the extraordinary characteristics of Islamic urbanism and the process by which cities and towns were absorbed and physically transformed by Islam. The early leaders of the Muslim empire--caliphs, amirs, and other rulers--had a lasting effect on what the modern scholar would call their cities' urban form. AlSayyad demonstrates that the stereotypical model of the Muslim city is inadequate, not only because individual rulers in regions of the empire were different, but also due to various cultural influences that were indigenous to conquered areas. After a prologue, the study begins with a historiography of the concept of the Muslim city and how it was paralleled by the development of its physical form. Garrison towns, established as military camps by early Arab conquerors, are examined next by AlSayyad. His research shows that building methods and urban form in the Arab cities were products of Islamization and consolidation of Caliphal power. New capital towns and cities, AlSayyad maintains, were also results of elaborate personal expressions of politico-religious authority by certain Muslim rulers. The book ends by suggesting that the Arabs' and their leaders' changing view of the role of architecture was a major factor behind the fluid urban forms of Muslim cities. This significant contribution to the study of the Arab world and its cultural history will be of great value to Middle East, urban, and architectural historians, anthropologists, and archaeologists, as well as to students of Islamic history and urbanism.
Urban Form In The Arab World
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Author : Stefano Bianca
language : en
Publisher: vdf Hochschulverlag AG
Release Date : 2000
Urban Form In The Arab World written by Stefano Bianca and has been published by vdf Hochschulverlag AG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Architecture categories.
Tradition Continuity And Change In The Physical Environment
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Author : Saleh Ali Al-Hathloul
language : ar
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Tradition Continuity And Change In The Physical Environment written by Saleh Ali Al-Hathloul and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with City planning categories.
Issues within the context of the present cannot be isolated from their spatial or temporal context. Neither the past (tradition) nor the future (modern technology) can provide solutions to the problems of the present. Their value lies in the fact that they represent "resources" which broaden our choices and inform us as to how similar issues were or could be dealt with in different times and places. However, a society's past and the way that society conceives of its past provides modes of continuity which give the present its authenticity. If we are to deal with the issues of the present and hope for an authentic future, the authority of the past or tradition cannot be blindly accepted though its authenticity and relevance to the present must be recognized. The problem addressed here is that of a present physical environment in the Arab-Muslim city which is to tally different from the traditional one. As a result of this difference, a sense of discontinuity and alienation has developed among the inhabitants of these cities. The purpose of this study is to understand how this process came about and how a sense of continuity with the past can be reestablished. To achieve this purpose four main issues are addressed here: (l) the origin and process of formation of the traditional physical environment; (2) the disparity between the traditional and the contemporary environment; (3) the origins of this disparity; and (4) the possible notions which might be suggested by way of reestablishing a sense of continuity between the past and the present. The legal system is used as a means of analysis in this study. This has helped us to see the physical environment within its socio-cultural context, by informing us about the ideological or structural level of the society and by pointing out accepted social norms and conventions and the mechanism of their social effectiveness. The law has helped us to point out the differences between the traditional and the contemporary process. In the traditional city, the process relied on rules of conduct or social conventions which proscribed certain actions on the part of the inhabitants. In the contemporary city, the rules are physical and prescriptive in nature. They prescribe in physical terms not only what is to be done but also how it is to be implemented. Implied within the traditional process is a reciprocal and possibilist relationship between form and use while the contemporary process advocates a determinist approach to the relationship of form and use. Several factors are believed to have worked in favor of the shift from the traditional process to the contemporary one in the Arab-Muslim city. Important among these are: the existence of certain implied ideologies; changes in the scale of development, power and technology; and problems within the field of architecture and urbanism and their relationship to the Arab-Muslim context. Only by being aware of these processes and factors can we conceive of an appropriate approach to reestablish a sense of continuity with the past that sterns from the needs of the present and aspirations for the future.
Arabic Islamic Cities Rev
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Author : Besim Selim Hakim
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-07-04
Arabic Islamic Cities Rev written by Besim Selim Hakim and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-04 with Social Science categories.
First published in 1989. An essential reference for researchers, scholars and urban planners this is a reference for all those interested in both the history and future developments of urban design for Arab Islamic cities.
The City In The Islamic World Volume 94 1 94 2
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Author : Salma K. Jayyusi
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008
The City In The Islamic World Volume 94 1 94 2 written by Salma K. Jayyusi and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
The purpose of this book is to draw attention to the sites of life, politics and culture where current and past generations of the Islamic world have made their mark. Unlike many previous volumes dealing with the city in the Islamic world, this one has been expanded not only to include snapshots of historical fabric, but also to deal with the transformation of this fabric into modern and contemporary urban entities. Salma Khadra Jayyusi was awarded Cultural Personality of the Year by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for her profound contribution to Arabic literature and culture in 2020. The paperback edition of The City in the Islamic World was published to celebrate the occasion.
Space And Muslim Urban Life
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Author : Simon O'Meara
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-08-09
Space And Muslim Urban Life written by Simon O'Meara and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-09 with Architecture categories.
This book develops academic understanding of Muslim urban space by pursuing the structural logic of the premodern Arab-Muslim city, or medina. With particular reference to The Book of Walls, an historical discourse of Islamic law whose primary subject is the wall, the book determines the meaning of a wall and then uses it to analyze the space of Fez. One of a growing number of studies to address space as a category of critical analysis, the book makes the following contributions to scholarship. Methodologically, it breaks with the tradition of viewing Islamic architecture as a well-defined object observed by a specialist at an aesthetically directed distance; rather, it inhabits the logic of this architecture by rethinking it discursively from within the culture that produced it. Hermeneutically, it sheds new light on one of North Africa's oldest medinas, and thereby illuminates a type of environment still common to much of the Arab-Muslim world. Empirically, it brings to the attention of mainstream scholarship a legal discourse and aesthetic that contributed to the form and longevity of this type of environment; and it exposes a preoccupation with walls and other limits in premodern urban Arab-Muslim culture, and a mythical paradigm informing the foundation narratives of a number of historic medinas. Presenting a fresh perspective for the understanding of Muslim urban society and thought, this innovative study will be of interest to students and researchers of Islamic studies, architecture and sociology.
Arabic Islamic Cities
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Author : Besim S. Hakim
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 1986
Arabic Islamic Cities written by Besim S. Hakim and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Architecture categories.
First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Urban Metamorphosis Of Arab Muslim Cities
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Author : Mohammad Muslat Al-Shareef
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Urban Metamorphosis Of Arab Muslim Cities written by Mohammad Muslat Al-Shareef and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with categories.