Contents
Acknowledgements
Notes for the Reader
List of Figures
Introduction
Glossary
Timeline
Chapter 1: Sanaʿa, 660
Chapter 2: Aswan, 691
Chapter 3: Aleppo, 695
Chapter 4: Damascus, 714
Chapter 5: Qusayr ʿAmra, 745
Chapter 6: Akhmim, 751
Chapter 7: Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi, 774
Chapter 8: Basra, 841
Chapter 9: Samarra, 856
Chapter 10: Qayrawan, 863
Chapter 11: Bukhara, 930
Chapter 12: Rusafa, 998
Chapter 13: Baghdad, 1000
Chapter 14: Tripoli, 1070
Chapter 15: Samarqand, 1085
Chapter 16: Kharraqan, 1093
Chapter 17: Harran, 1104
Chapter 18: Herat, 1183
Chapter 19: Mecca, 1199
Chapter 20: Kashan, 1201
Chapter 21: Wasit, 1236
Chapter 22: Palermo, 1248
Chapter 23: Tabriz, 1306
Chapter 24: Cairo, 1361
Chapter 25: Granada, 1375
Chapter 26: Xi’an, 1402
Chapter 27: Panjakent, 1490
Chapter 28: Nizwa, 1531
Chapter 29: Venice, 1547
Chapter 30: Erzincan, 1568
Chapter 31: Sofia, 1582
Chapter 32: Isfahan, 1637
Chapter 33: Agra, 1642
Chapter 34: Hawizeh Marshes, 1673
Chapter 35: Istanbul, 1733
Chapter 36: Breslau, 1766
Chapter 37: Lahore, 1799
Chapter 38: Nafplio, 1831
Chapter 39: Kuala Lumpur, 1886
Chapter 40: London, 1892
Chapter 41: Edirne, 1899
Chapter 42: Simunul, 1902
Chapter 43: Qalʿat Bani Hammad, 1908
Chapter 44: Manzala, 1910
Chapter 45: Hindiyya, 1918
Chapter 46: Rabat, 1937
Chapter 47: Cleveland, 1956
Chapter 48: Djenné, 1985
Chapter 49: New York, 2015
Chapter 50: Anywhere, 2020
Appendix: Notes on Chapters 1–50
Further Reading
Biography
Marcus Milwright is British Academy Global Professor at the University of York. His research interests include Islamic art and archaeology and the study of traditional crafts. He is the author of The Queen of Sheba’s Gift: A History of the True Balsam of Matarea (2022).
"In addition to the core audience of students and non-experts, Milwright’s work is relevant for specialists in Islamic art and architecture, in demonstrating how to present academic research in an inventive and accessible way."
Cailah Jackson, Khalili Research Centre, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, Book Review in Journal of Islamic Studies (2024)
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