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Cities of Medieval Iran
Cities of Medieval Iran brings together studies in urban geography, archaeology, and history of medieval Iranian cities, spanning the Islamic period until ca. 1500, but also the pre-Islamic situation. The cities and their inhabitants take centre stage, they are not just the places where something else happened. Urban actors are given priority over external factors. The contributions take a long-term perspective and thus take the interaction between urban centres and their hinterland into account. Many contributions come from history or archaeology, but new disciplines are also methodologically integrated into the study of medieval cities, such as the arts of the book, lexicography, geomorphology, and digital instruments.
Contributors include Denise Aigle, Mehrdad Amanat, Jean Aubin, Richard W. Bulliet, Jamsheed K. Choksy, David Durand-Guédy, Etienne de la Vaissière, Majid Montazer Mahdi, Roy P. Mottahedeh, Jürgen Paul, Rocco Rante, Sarah Savant, Ali Shojai Esfahani, Donald Whitcomb and Daniel Zakrzewski.
Contributors include Denise Aigle, Mehrdad Amanat, Jean Aubin, Richard W. Bulliet, Jamsheed K. Choksy, David Durand-Guédy, Etienne de la Vaissière, Majid Montazer Mahdi, Roy P. Mottahedeh, Jürgen Paul, Rocco Rante, Sarah Savant, Ali Shojai Esfahani, Donald Whitcomb and Daniel Zakrzewski.
David Durand-Guédy, Ph.D. (2004), is a historian specializing in pre-Mongol Iran. He has published Iranian Elites and Turkish Rulers: A History of Iṣfahān in the Saljūq Period (Routledge, 2010), and many articles on the relationship of Turko-Mongol rulers to city-life.
Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, Ph.D. (1970) is the Gurney Research Professor of History at Harvard University. He has written extensively on the history of the Middle East, including Loyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society (Princeton University Press, 1980), The Mantle of the Prophet (Pantheon Books, 1985; Oneworld, 2002, 2008), and Lessons in Islamic Jurisprudence (Oneworld, 2005).
Jürgen Paul, Ph.D. (1989), Universität Hamburg, is Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies. He has published widely on the pre-Mongol history of Iran and Central Asia.
Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, Ph.D. (1970) is the Gurney Research Professor of History at Harvard University. He has written extensively on the history of the Middle East, including Loyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society (Princeton University Press, 1980), The Mantle of the Prophet (Pantheon Books, 1985; Oneworld, 2002, 2008), and Lessons in Islamic Jurisprudence (Oneworld, 2005).
Jürgen Paul, Ph.D. (1989), Universität Hamburg, is Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies. He has published widely on the pre-Mongol history of Iran and Central Asia.
Preface
David Durand-Guédy, Roy P. Mottahedeh and Jürgen Paul
Cities in Medieval Iran: a Review of Recent Publications
Jürgen Paul
Jean Aubin’s Article “Elements for the Study of Urban Agglomerations in Medieval Iran” in Context
Translation and Introduction by Jürgen Paul
Iranian Cities: Settlements and Water Management from Antiquity to the Islamic Period
Rocco Rante
“From Shahristān to Medina” Revisited
Donald Whitcomb
Why Nishapur?
Richard W. Bulliet
Inherited Landscapes in Muslim Bactra
Etienne de la Vaissière
Among Saints and Poets: The Spiritual Topography of Medieval Shiraz
Denise Aigle
The Fortified Landscape of Isfahan
Ali Shojaee Esfahani
Yazd: a “Good and Noble City” and an “Abode of Worship”
Jamsheed K. Choksy
Isfahan during the Turko-Mongol Period (11th-15th Centuries)
David Durand-Guédy
Balkh, from the Seljuqs to the Mongol Invasion
Jürgen Paul
Local Elites and Dynastic Succession: Tabriz prior to, under and following Mongol Rule (Sixth/Twelfth to Ninth/Fifteenth Centuries)
Daniel Zakrzewski
Medieval Kashan: Crossroads of Commerce and Culture
Mehrdad Amanat and Roy P. Mottahedeh
The History of Iranian Cities through their Books: What Ms. Köprülü 01589 Tells Us about 8th/14th Century Shiraz
Sarah Bowen Savant and Majid Montazer Mahdi
Medieval Lexicography on Arabic and Persian Terms for City and Countryside
Roy P. Mottahedeh
Index of Persons and Groups
Index of Places
David Durand-Guédy, Roy P. Mottahedeh and Jürgen Paul
Cities in Medieval Iran: a Review of Recent Publications
Jürgen Paul
Jean Aubin’s Article “Elements for the Study of Urban Agglomerations in Medieval Iran” in Context
Translation and Introduction by Jürgen Paul
Iranian Cities: Settlements and Water Management from Antiquity to the Islamic Period
Rocco Rante
“From Shahristān to Medina” Revisited
Donald Whitcomb
Why Nishapur?
Richard W. Bulliet
Inherited Landscapes in Muslim Bactra
Etienne de la Vaissière
Among Saints and Poets: The Spiritual Topography of Medieval Shiraz
Denise Aigle
The Fortified Landscape of Isfahan
Ali Shojaee Esfahani
Yazd: a “Good and Noble City” and an “Abode of Worship”
Jamsheed K. Choksy
Isfahan during the Turko-Mongol Period (11th-15th Centuries)
David Durand-Guédy
Balkh, from the Seljuqs to the Mongol Invasion
Jürgen Paul
Local Elites and Dynastic Succession: Tabriz prior to, under and following Mongol Rule (Sixth/Twelfth to Ninth/Fifteenth Centuries)
Daniel Zakrzewski
Medieval Kashan: Crossroads of Commerce and Culture
Mehrdad Amanat and Roy P. Mottahedeh
The History of Iranian Cities through their Books: What Ms. Köprülü 01589 Tells Us about 8th/14th Century Shiraz
Sarah Bowen Savant and Majid Montazer Mahdi
Medieval Lexicography on Arabic and Persian Terms for City and Countryside
Roy P. Mottahedeh
Index of Persons and Groups
Index of Places
All interested in the ancient and medieval history of Iran; students of the history of urbanism worldwide, and comparative history as well as archaeology and codicology.