Knowledge and the City: Redefining Islamic Urbanism, 762–1067

This study demonstrates that the rapid urbanization of the Islamic world in its first five centuries can be attributed in part to the development of an independent class of city administrators who ensured that urban life thrived even in the most tumultuous of political times. This dissertation subve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lesoon, Courtney
Other Authors: Rabbat, Nasser O.
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2024
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/157142