The historical topography of Samarra / Alastair Northedge.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Northedge, Alastair.

Contributor:

• Louis A. Duhring Fund.
• George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

• Samarra studies ; 1.
• Samarra studies ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Sāmarrāơ (Iraq)--History.
• Sāmarrāơ (Iraq)--Geography.

Physical Description:

375 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : British School of Archaeology in Iraq : Fondation Max van Berchem, 2005.

Summary:

This is the first fundamentally new work to come out in half a century on one of the world's most famous Islamic archaeological sites: Samarra, in Iraq. The capital of the Abbasid caliphs in the 9th century is not only one of the largest urban sites worldwide, but also gives us the essence of what the physical appearance of the caliphate was like, for early Baghdad is long lost. Northedge sets out to explain the history and development of this enormous site, 45 km long, using both archaeological and textual sources to weave a new interpretation of how the city worked: its four caliphal palaces, four Friday mosques, cantonments for the military and for the palace servants, houses for the men of state and generals.

Local Notes:

• Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
• Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

ISBN:

0903472171

OCLC:

66905495

Online:

• The Louis A. Duhring Fund Home Page
• The George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund Home Page