Encounters: Medieval Islamic History in 50 Objects

Name: Encounters: Medieval Islamic History in 50 Objects
Brand: Routledge
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Marcus Milwright(Herausgeber*in)

Routledge (Verlag)

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Erschienen am 13. November 2025

400 Seiten

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This book consists of fifty case studies and offers an innovative approach to the study of Medieval Islamic history, concentrating on the analysis of physical objects from the seventh to the eighteenth centuries and across most of the regions that make up the pre-Modern Islamic world.

These include a wide range of objects from portable items like coins, vessels and books to major constructions, including mosques, tombs, castles, dams, and canal systems. The central argument is that the interdisciplinary study of physical objects provides invaluable perspectives that can deepen or challenge the evidence in the written record. Object-based study can also shed light on the lives of social groups who are seldom discussed in Islamic texts written before the modern period. To demonstrate these points, each case study focusses on a single object or small group of related objects. The case studies combine close analysis of the material and visual characteristics with a discussion of the wider context in which such objects were commissioned, made, used, adapted and exchanged.

The book is intended as an introduction to the historical study of Islamic objects, employing perspectives from the fields of art history, archaeology, numismatics, ethnography, and epigraphy. Written with a minimum of technical language and supported by a critical introduction, an extensive glossary, a timeline and guide for further reading, the book is aimed at students and general readers who are interested in the political, economic, social, cultural, religious and intellectual histories of the Islamic world.

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"Encounters: Medieval Islamic History in 50 Objects offers an insightful and richly illustrated introduction to the history and material cultures of the medieval Muslim world. In a very accessible manner, the book discusses a wide array of intriguing objects-from household utensils, through books, coins and other precious objects, to imperial and religious architecture. It makes that history almost tangible."

Dr Jelle Bruning, University Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies

"This thoughtful, erudite collection of essays brings fresh perspectives to a diverse range of medieval Islamic objects and buildings. Rigorously researched and lucidly written, the book's chapters contextualise Islamic material culture in accessible and engaging ways. Compelling reading for students and scholars eager to broaden and deepen their knowledge of this fascinating period of Islamic history."

Cailah Jackson, KRC Research Associate

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Section 1: The Formative Phase, c. 650-800

Chapter 1: A Bifolium from a Hijazi Qur?an

Chapter 2: The Shahada Solidus

Chapter 3: The ?Umari Mosque in Busra

Chapter 4: The Mosaic Floor of the Church of St Stephen, Umm al-Rasas

Chapter 5: An Inscription from Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi

Section 2: Expanded Horizons, c. 800-1000

Chapter 6: A Tin-Glazed Bowl painted with Cobalt

Chapter 7: The Palace of Balkuwara, Samarra

Chapter 8: A Folio from the Tashkent Qur?an

Chapter 9: The Maqsura of the Congregational Mosque of Qayrawan

Chapter 10: The Leyre Casket

Section 3: Political and Cultural Diversity, c. 1000-1400

Chapter 11: Reused Marble Capitals on the Minaret in Seville

Chapter 12: The Facade of al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo

Chapter 13: An Inlaid Brass Jug from Mosul

Chapter 14: Wall Painting in the Abu Sa?id Mausoleum, near Mihna

Chapter 15: The Qutb Mosque, Delhi

Section 4: Realignments, c. 1400-1800

Chapter 16: Tombstones from Aceh, Sumatra

Chapter 17: The Emin Minaret, Turfan

Chapter 18: A Deccani Steel ?Alam

Chapter 19: An Ottoman Topographic View of Inebahti (Nafpaktos), Greece

Chapter 20: Clay Tobacco Pipes from a Workshop in Cairo

Section 5: The Rural Environment

Chapter 21: Caliph Mu?awiya's Dam near Ta?if

Chapter 22: The Aflaj of Wadi al-Jizzi, Oman

Chapter 23: Kuh-Qal?ih of Tun

Chapter 24: A Handmade Ceramic Jug from southern Jordan

Chapter 25: A Sugar Refinery at Chichaoua, Morocco

Section 6: Manufacturing and the Economy

Chapter 26: An early Islamic Glass Weight

Chapter 27: A Decorated Albarello

Chapter 28: An illustrated Page from the Mantiq al-Wahsh

Chapter 29: Indian Block-Printed Cotton Textiles

Chapter 30: A Carpet from Late Mamluk Egypt

Section 7: The Movement of Goods and People

Chapter 31: Samanid Dirhams buried at Storr Rock, Orkney

Chapter 32: The Caravanserai of Ribat-i Mahi

Chapter 33: An Iranian Gold Seal Ring

Chapter 34: A Slave Market from the Maqamat of al-Hariri

Chapter 35: The Hajj Fort at Qatrana

Section 8: Faith in Practice

Chapter 36: A Mosque in Shanga

Chapter 37: A Rock-Cut Panel from the Viar (Dash Kassan) Complex

Chapter 38: The Tomb of Mubarak Khan in the Makli Necropolis, Thatta

Chapter 39: A Stucco Mihrab at Zuzan

Chapter 40: A Talismanic shirt

Section 9: The Scholarly Elite

Chapter 41: The Mausoleum of Imam Shafi?i, Cairo

Chapter 42: A Safavid Lacquer Pen Box

Chapter 43: A Page from a Notebook written by al-Maqrizi

Chapter 44: A Fourteenth-century Drawing of a Water Clock

Chapter 45: A Battle Scene from Rashid al-Din's Jami? al-Tawarikh

Section 10: Alternative Perspectives and Marginalised Voices

Chapter 46: A Paper Amulet from Egypt

Chapter 47: The Hospital of Arghun al-Kamili, Aleppo

Chapter 48: A Mughal Portrait of Inayat Khan

Chapter 49: A Painting of Shah ?Abbas and his Page

Chapter 50: A Shadow Puppet from Ottoman Damascus

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