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Cover illustration: An image of the Ribāṭ Ibn ‘Arrāq in the Beirut Souks at the beginning of the Beirut Souks Excavations. (The copyright AUB/ACRE Souks project team. Project directors Dr. Helga Seeden, Dr. Dominic Perring and Mr. Tim Williams).
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Names: Mikati, Rana, author.
Title: Creating an Islamic city, Beirut, jihad, and the sacred / by Rana Mikati.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024. | Series: Islamic history and civilization, 0929-2403 ; volume 210 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023053231 (print) | LCCN 2023053232 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004682542 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004682559 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Beirut (Lebanon)–History.
Classification: LCC DS89.B4 M426 2024 (print) | LCC DS89.B4 (ebook) | DDC 956.92/5032–dc23/eng/20231120
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ISSN 0929-2403
ISBN 978-90-04-68254-2 (hardback)
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DOI 10.1163/9789004682559
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