Sacred place and sacred time in the Medieval Islamic Middle East : a historical perspective / Daniella Talmon-Heller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Talmon-Heller, Daniella, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture.

Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Middle East--Religion--History--To 1500.

Islam.

Religion--Practice--Middle East--History--To 1500.

Religion.

Shrines--Middle East--History--To 1500.

Shrines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 279 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Summary:

This book offers a fresh perspective on religious culture in the medieval Middle East. It investigates the ways Muslims thought about and practiced at sacred spaces and in sacred times through two detailed case studies: the shrines in honour of the head of al-Husayn (the martyred grandson of the Prophet), and the holy month of Rajab.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgements

Map of the Middle East

Introduction

1 Etic Concepts and Emic Terms

2 The State of the Art

PART ONE A Sacred Place: The Shrine of al-Husayn’s Head

3 From Karbala to Damascus: A Relic with Multiple Shrines

4 The Commemoration of al-Husayn in Fatimid Ascalon

5 Excursus: Donations to Mosques and Shrines

6 Why Ascalon? Christian Martyrs and Muslim Murābiṭūn (Defenders)

7 Excursus: Medieval Pilgrimage – Victor Turner’s Input

8 From Ascalon to Cairo: The Duplication of Sacred Space

9 Excursus: Arabic Treatises in Praise of Ascalon

10 The Shrine in Cairo under the Sunni Ayyubids and Mamluks

11 Excursus: al-Husayn and Saladin in Palestinian Lore

12 The Shrine in Ascalon under the Ayyubids and Mamluks

13 Excursus: Ibn Taymiyya on the Veneration of the Head of al-Husayn

14 Summary

PART TWO A Sacred Time: The Month of Rajab

15 Rajab in Pre-Islamic Arabia and in Early Islam

16 Excursus: The Founding of an Islamic Lunar Calendar

17 Rajab Under Fatimid Rule

18 Excursus: Istighfār (Seeking Divine Forgiveness)

19 Rajab under the Ayyubids and Mamluks

20 Excursus: Arabic Treatises in Praise of the Sacred Months

21 Summary

Final Comments: Spacial and Temporal Sanctity

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Oct 2020).

ISBN:

1-4744-6099-2

1-4744-8077-2

OCLC:

1312725901