Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Translations, Transliterations, and Dates; Glossary; A; B; C; F; H; I; K; M; Q; S; T; U; W; Introduction: The Discourse of Place; PART ONE: HOME; 1. Home as Homeland; PART TWO: CITY; 2. Cities and Sacred History; 3. The Image of the City; PART THREE: REGION; 4. Dividing the World; 5. Routes and Realms; Conclusion: Looking Forward; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z
Summary
This title explores the ways in which Muslims expressed attachment to land in formal texts from the ninth through the eleventh centuries. These texts reveal that territories were imagined specifically as homes, cities, and regions and acted as powerful categories of belonging in the early Islamic world
