The sacred history of early Islamic Medina: the prophet, caliphs, scholars and the town's Ḥaram
This thesis investigates the emergence of Medina in the Ḥijāz as a widely-venerated holy city over the first three Islamic centuries (seventh to ninth centuries CE) within the appropriate historical context, with special attention paid to the town’s ḥaram. It focuses in particular upon the roles pla...
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| Language: | English |
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2011
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