CITIES IN THE PRE-MODERN ISLAMIC WORLD: The Urban Impact of Religion, State and Society

Cities in the Pre-Modern Islamic World: The Urban Impact of Religion, State and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-231

  Bennison, Amira K ^a   Gascoigne, Alison L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203946473     Document Type: Book

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