The last civilized place : Sijilmasa and its Saharan destiny

1. Verfasser: Messier, Ronald A. , [VerfasserIn]
Miller, James Andrew , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2015].
Ausgabe: First edition.
Umfang/Format: xiv, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Ibn Battuta's Sijilmasa journey
  • Approaches to Sijilmasa
  • Confluence of time and space in Morocco's desert land
  • Founding the oasis city
  • Sijilmasa in empire
  • Moroccan rulers at the desert's edge: the Filalians
  • Out of Sijilmasa: the Alaouites
  • Using models of the Islamic city as guides
  • An altered present; an uncertain future
  • Appendix 1. Moroccan dynastic rulers governing Sijilmasa
  • Appendix 2. Ceramics typology.