Afghanistan has played a crucial role in shaping the history of Islam. This book provides the first in-depth study of the sacred sites and landscape of medieval Balkh, in today's northern Afghanistan, in the five centuries from the Islamic conquests of the eighth century to the arrival of the Mongols in the thirteenth century.
Afghanistan has played a crucial role in shaping the history of Islam. This book provides the first in-depth study of the sacred sites and landscape of medieval Balkh, in today's northern Afghanistan, in the five centuries from the Islamic conquests of the eighth century to the arrival of the Mongols in the thirteenth century.
Arezou Azad is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Birmingham. She is the founder and co-Director of the Balkh Art and Cultural Heritage project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust and based at the University of Oxford. She received her D.Phil. from the University of Oxford in 2010. She has published several articles on medieval Balkh and the Fä¿"il-i Balkh, the city's earliest surviving local history of which she is preparing a revised Persian edition and English translation. Prior to joining academia, she served as a peacekeeper and development worker for the United Nations and non-governmental organisations in a number of countries, including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil and Timor-Leste.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: The Discourse of Landscape, Balkh and its History 1: Writing about Place: Fä¿"il-i Balkh Text and transmission The Question of Sources How to Read the Message 2: The Sacred Sites and the City The sacred sites of Balkh The sacred landscape of Balkh 3: Scholars, the Spirits of Sacred Landscape Religious distinctions and affiliations The Character of Sanctity Conclusion: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Introduction: The Discourse of Landscape, Balkh and its History 1: Writing about Place: Fä¿"il-i Balkh Text and transmission The Question of Sources How to Read the Message 2: The Sacred Sites and the City The sacred sites of Balkh The sacred landscape of Balkh 3: Scholars, the Spirits of Sacred Landscape Religious distinctions and affiliations The Character of Sanctity Conclusion: Looking Back, Moving Forward
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