Capital cities of Arab Islam / by Philip K. Hitti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hitti, Philip K. (Philip Khuri), 1886-1978.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Islamic Empire.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1973]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Professor Hitti, the distinguished authority on the Islamic world, views the highlights of Arab history through the windows of the capital cities where those events occurred. The account focuses on six cities -- Mecca, the religious capital; Medina, the caliphal capital; Damascus, the imperial capital; Baghdad, the intellectual capital; Cairo, the dissident capital; and Cordova, the European capital. The approach is historical rather than geographical, and the book is addressed to the student and the cultured layman rather than the specialist.

Contents:

Table of Contents; 1 Mecca: The Religious Capital; 2 Medina: The Caliphal Capital; 3 Damascus: The Imperial Capital; 4 Baghdad: The Intellectual Capital; 5 Cairo: The Dissident Capital; 6 Cordova: The European Capital; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6295-9

OCLC:

476161930