Holy Places that Have Played a Role in the Urban Evolution of Damascus

This study describes some of the shrines that contributed to the urban development of Damascus from the emergence of Islam to the middle ages. It also discusses the connection between the existence of holy places which attract pilgrims for religious and spiritual reasons, and the expansion of cities...

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Main Author: GHALEB ANABSEH
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014-06-01
Series:International Journal of Islamic Thought
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Online Access:http://www.ukm.my/ijit/IJIT%20Vol%205%202014/IJIT%20Vol%205%20June%202014_4_28-33.pdf
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description This study describes some of the shrines that contributed to the urban development of Damascus from the emergence of Islam to the middle ages. It also discusses the connection between the existence of holy places which attract pilgrims for religious and spiritual reasons, and the expansion of cities. The main sources for this study are writings in the ‘virtues of the Holy Land’ genre, augmented by the publications on this subject by Orientalists and Arab scholars.
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spelling doaj.art-31eaabae9cfe4d88a73a23a5d56225022022-12-22T01:44:58ZaraUniversiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaInternational Journal of Islamic Thought2232-13142232-13142014-06-0152833Holy Places that Have Played a Role in the Urban Evolution of DamascusGHALEB ANABSEH0Beit Berl Academic CollegeThis study describes some of the shrines that contributed to the urban development of Damascus from the emergence of Islam to the middle ages. It also discusses the connection between the existence of holy places which attract pilgrims for religious and spiritual reasons, and the expansion of cities. The main sources for this study are writings in the ‘virtues of the Holy Land’ genre, augmented by the publications on this subject by Orientalists and Arab scholars.http://www.ukm.my/ijit/IJIT%20Vol%205%202014/IJIT%20Vol%205%20June%202014_4_28-33.pdfDamascusholy placesmosquetomburbanisation
spellingShingle GHALEB ANABSEH
Holy Places that Have Played a Role in the Urban Evolution of Damascus
International Journal of Islamic Thought
Damascus
holy places
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tomb
urbanisation
title Holy Places that Have Played a Role in the Urban Evolution of Damascus
title_full Holy Places that Have Played a Role in the Urban Evolution of Damascus
title_fullStr Holy Places that Have Played a Role in the Urban Evolution of Damascus
title_full_unstemmed Holy Places that Have Played a Role in the Urban Evolution of Damascus
title_short Holy Places that Have Played a Role in the Urban Evolution of Damascus
title_sort holy places that have played a role in the urban evolution of damascus
topic Damascus
holy places
mosque
tomb
urbanisation
url http://www.ukm.my/ijit/IJIT%20Vol%205%202014/IJIT%20Vol%205%20June%202014_4_28-33.pdf
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