The Garden of the Mosques : Hafiz Hüseyin al-Ayvansarayî's Guide to the Muslim Monuments of Ottoman Istanbul /
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This is an annotated translation of what is perhaps the most important Ottoman literary source for the Islamic monuments of the Ottoman capital, Istanbul: Hafız Hüseyin bin Ismail Ayvansarayî's Hadikat al-Cevami (The Garden of Mosques). Long recognized by Turkish scholars as a unique source for the city's architecture and urban form, the text, which was completed in 1195/1780 and revised and enlarged between 1248/1832-33 and 1253/1838 by Ali Sati, contains separate descriptions of each of Istanbul's more than 800 mosques, plus accounts of its medreses, tombs, tekkes and other monuments. The annotations place each of these buildings within the city's urban plan and provide biographical information about the patrons, architects and other personalities mentioned in the text. An introductory essay gives an account of Ayvansarayî's life and works, describes the various manuscript versions of the text and reviews the cartographic resources available for the study of Istanbul's urban form.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
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9789004112421
Ṣāliḥ Lamʻī Muṣṭafá fī arwiqat al-turāth al-ʻimrānī : Minṭaqat Makkah al-Mukarramah, al-Mamlakah al-ʻArabīyah al-Saʻūdīyah /
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Raqm al-īdāʻ: 706/1443. :
464 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 25 x 33 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 460- 463). :
9786038014493
6038014497
Ṣāliḥ Lamʻī Muṣṭafá fī arwiqat al-turāth al-ʻimrānī : Minṭaqat al-Riyāḍ, al-Mamlakah al-ʻArabīyah al-Saʻūdīyah /
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Raqm al-īdāʻ: 1262/1443. :
308 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans (some color) ; 25 x 33 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302- 306). :
9786038014516
6038014519
Ṣāliḥ Lamʻī Muṣṭafá fī arwiqat al-turāth al-ʻimrānī : Minṭaqat al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, al-Mamlakah al-ʻArabīyah al-Saʻūdīyah /
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Raqm al-īdāʻ: 360/1443. :
268 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans (some color) ; 25 x 33 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265- 267). :
9786038014486
6038014489
Architecture, power and religion in Lebanon : Rafiq Hariri and the politics of sacred space in Beirut /
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In Architecture, Power and Religion in Lebanon , Ward Vloeberghs explores Rafiq Hariri's patronage and his posthumous legacy to demonstrate how religious architecture becomes a site for power struggles in contemporary Beirut. By tracing the 150 year-long history of the Muhammad al-Amin Mosque - Lebanon's principal Sunni mosque - and the subsequent development of the site as a commemoration venue, this account offers a unique illustration of how architecture, religion and power become discursively and visually entangled. Set in a multi-confessional society marked by social inequalities and political fragmentation, this interdisciplinary study analyses how architectural practice and urban reconfigurations reveal a nascent personality cult, communal mourning, and the consolidation of political territory in relation to constantly shifting circumstances.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004307056 :
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