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The Shrines of the 'Alids in Medieval Syria - Sunnis, Shi'is and the Architecture of Coexistence (Paperback)
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The Shrines of the 'Alids in Medieval Syria - Sunnis, Shi'is and the Architecture of Coexistence (Paperback)
Series: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art
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The first illustrated, architectural history of the 'Alid shrines,
increasingly endangered by the conflict in Syria The 'Alids
(descendants of the Prophet Muhammad) are among the most revered
figures in Islam, beloved by virtually all Muslims, regardless of
sectarian affiliation. This study argues that despite the common
identification of shrines as 'Shi'i' spaces, they have in fact
always been unique places of pragmatic intersectarian exchange and
shared piety, even - and perhaps especially - during periods of
sectarian conflict. Using a rich variety of previously unexplored
sources, including textual, archaeological, architectural, and
epigraphic evidence, Stephennie Mulder shows how these shrines
created a unifying Muslim 'holy land' in medieval Syria, and
proposes a fresh conceptual approach to thinking about landscape in
Islamic art. In doing so, she argues against a common paradigm of
medieval sectarian conflict, complicates the notion of Sunni
Revival, and provides new evidence for the negotiated complexity of
sectarian interactions in the period.
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