Ramla: City of Muslim Palestine, 715-1917 - Studies in History, Archaeology and Architecture (Paperback)

Ramla presents a comprehensive overview of the history, archaeology and architecture of the city of Ramla from the time of its foundation as the 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 surviving Muslim buildings (Andrew Petersen), a reassessment of the remains of the White Mosque (Michael H. Burgoyne), an account of the Christian buildings (Denys Pringle), and an analysis of late Ottoman alterations to the Great Mosque (Katia Cytryn-Silverman). The final section on numismatics and epigraphy includes chapters on the coinage of Umayyad Ramla (Nikolaus Schindel), the Arabic inscriptions (Mehmet Tutuncu) and late medieval Christian pilgrims' graffiti (Denys Pringle). The volume concludes with three appendices, including a hitherto unpublished report on the White Mosque (1919-20) by K.A.C. Creswell, a gazetteer of settlements in the Crusader lordships of Ramla, Lydda and Mirabel, and the endowment deed for a house dated 1713 (Maher Abu-Munshar).

General

Imprint:	Archaeopress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Andrew Petersen (Professor and Director of Research in Islamic Archaeology) • Denys Pringle (Emeritus Professor, School of History, Archaeology and Religion)
Dimensions:	290 x 205 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	332
ISBN-13:	978-1-78969-776-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Middle & Near Eastern archaeology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam
LSN:	1-78969-776-X
Barcode:	9781789697766

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