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Marcus Milwright is a British Academy Global Professor in the Department of History of Art, University of York (UK) and Professor of Islamic art at the University of Victoria (Canada). His research interests include the arts and archaeology of the Islamic world, traditional crafts practices, cross-cultural interaction in the Medieval period, and the history of medicine. Publications include A Story of Islamic Art (2023), The Queen of Sheba's Gift: A History of the True Balsam of Matarea (2022) and The Dome of the Rock and its Umayyad Mosaic Inscriptions (2016).

Klappentext

This book comprises of fifty case studies and offers an innovative approach to the study of Medieval Islamic history, concentrating on the analysis of physical objects from the seventh to the eighteenth centuries and across most of the regions that make up the pre-Modern Islamic world.

Inhalt

Section 1: The Formative Phase, c. 650-800

Chapter 1: A Bifolium from a Hijazi Qur an

Chapter 2: The Shahada Solidus

Chapter 3: The Umari Mosque in Busra

Chapter 4: The Mosaic Floor of the Church of St Stephen, Umm al-Rasas

Chapter 5: An Inscription from Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi

Section 2: Expanded Horizons, c. 800-1000

Chapter 6: A Tin-Glazed Bowl painted with Cobalt

Chapter 7: The Palace of Balkuwara, Samarra

Chapter 8: A Folio from the Tashkent Qur an

Chapter 9: The Maqsura of the Congregational Mosque of Qayrawan

Chapter 10: The Leyre Casket

Section 3: Political and Cultural Diversity, c. 1000-1400

Chapter 11: Reused Marble Capitals on the Minaret in Seville

Chapter 12: The Façade of al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo

Chapter 13: An Inlaid Brass Jug from Mosul

Chapter 14: Wall Painting in the Abu Säid Mausoleum, near Mihna

Chapter 15: The Qutb Mosque, Delhi

Section 4: Realignments, c. 1400-1800

Chapter 16: Tombstones from Aceh, Sumatra

Chapter 17: The Emin Minaret, Turfan

Chapter 18: A Deccani Steel Alam

Chapter 19: An Ottoman Topographic View of nebaht (Nafpaktos), Greece

Chapter 20: Clay Tobacco Pipes from a Workshop in Cairo

Section 5: The Rural Environment

Chapter 21: Caliph Mu awiya's Dam near Täif

Chapter 22: The Aflaj of Wadi al-Jizzi, Oman

Chapter 23: Kuh-Qal ih of Tun

Chapter 24: A Handmade Ceramic Jug from southern Jordan

Chapter 25: A Sugar Refinery at Chichaoua, Morocco

Section 6: Manufacturing and the Economy

Chapter 26: An early Islamic Glass Weight

Chapter 27: A Decorated Albarello

Chapter 28: An illustrated Page from the Mantiq al-Wahsh

Chapter 29: Indian Block-Printed Cotton Textiles

Chapter 30: A Carpet from Late Mamluk Egypt

Section 7: The Movement of Goods and People

Chapter 31: Samanid Dirhams buried at Storr Rock, Orkney

Chapter 32: The Caravanserai of Ribat-i Mahi

Chapter 33: An Iranian Gold Seal Ring

Chapter 34: A Slave Market from the Maqamat of al-Hariri

Chapter 35: The Hajj Fort at Qatrana

Section 8: Faith in Practice

Chapter 36: A Mosque in Shanga

Chapter 37: A Rock-Cut Panel from the Viar (Dash Kassan) Complex

Chapter 38: The Tomb of Mubarak Khan in the Makli Necropolis, Thatta

Chapter 39: A Stucco Mihrab at Zuzan

Chapter 40: A Talismanic shirt

Section 9: The Scholarly Elite

Chapter 41: The Mausoleum of Imam Shafi i, Cairo

Chapter 42: A Safavid Lacquer Pen Box

Chapter 43: A Page from a Notebook written by al-Maqrizi

Chapter 44: A Fourteenth-century Drawing of a Water Clock

Chapter 45: A Battle Scene from Rashid al-Din's Jami al-Tawarikh

Section 10: Alternative Perspectives and Marginalised Voices

Chapter 46: A Paper Amulet from Egypt

Chapter 47: The Hospital of Arghun al-Kamili, Aleppo

Chapter 48: A Mughal Portrait of Inayat Khan

Chapter 49: A Painting of Shah Abbas and his Page

Chapter 50: A Shadow Puppet from Ottoman Damascus