Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Map of the Middle East
- Introduction
- 1 Etic Concepts and Emic Terms
- 2 The State of the Art
- Part One A Sacred Place: The Shrine of al-Husayn’s Head
- Part Two A Sacred Time: The Month of Rajab
- Final Comments: Spacial and Temporal Sanctity
- Works Cited
- Index
Map of the Middle East
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 October 2020
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Map of the Middle East
- Introduction
- 1 Etic Concepts and Emic Terms
- 2 The State of the Art
- Part One A Sacred Place: The Shrine of al-Husayn’s Head
- Part Two A Sacred Time: The Month of Rajab
- Final Comments: Spacial and Temporal Sanctity
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
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- Information
- Sacred Place and Sacred Time in the Medieval Islamic Middle EastA Historical Perspective, pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2020