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This is the first book-length study of the emergence of Medina, in modern Saudi Arabia, as an Islamic holy city, with a particular focus on the first three Islamic centuries (the seventh to ninth centuries CE).

Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. Haram and himā: sacred space in the pre-Islamic Hijāz; 2. Muhammad and the Constitution of Medina: the declaration of Medina's haram; 3. Debating sanctity: the validity of Medina's haram; 4. The construction of a sacred topography; 5. Following in the Prophet's footsteps, visiting his grave: early Islamic pilgrimage to Medina; 6. The Prophet's inheritance: Medina's emergence as a holy city in the first–third/seventh–ninth centuries; Conclusion.

The Holy City of Medina

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 2 January 2018
      ISBN-13 9781107678958
      978-1107678958
      ISBN-10 1107678951
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      Architecture: religious buildings Islam Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is the first book-length study of the emergence of Medina, in modern Saudi Arabia, as an Islamic holy city, with a particular focus on the first three Islamic centuries (the seventh to ninth centuries CE).

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 1. Haram and himā: sacred space in the pre-Islamic Hijāz; 2. Muhammad and the Constitution of Medina: the declaration of Medina's haram; 3. Debating sanctity: the validity of Medina's haram; 4. The construction of a sacred topography; 5. Following in the Prophet's footsteps, visiting his grave: early Islamic pilgrimage to Medina; 6. The Prophet's inheritance: Medina's emergence as a holy city in the first–third/seventh–ninth centuries; Conclusion.

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