Khiṭaṭ

by Rabbat, Nasser

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Khiṭaṭ (sing. khiṭṭa ) is the Arabic word for plotted urban quarters, especially in the early Islamic period. By the late fourth/tenth century, the term began to designate also books on cities that record their monuments, quarters, and streets, a genre that we would today call topographical urban history. In this framework, buildings appear mostly as landmarks examined in their urban contexts, with emphasis on their patrons, costs, the circumstances under which they were built, and their histor…

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Khiṭaṭ (sing. khiṭṭa ) is the Arabic word for plotted urban quarters, especially in the early Islamic period. By the late fourth/tenth century, the term began to designate also books on cities that record their monuments, quarters, and streets, a genre that we would today call topographical urban history. In this framework, buildings appear mostly as landmarks examined in their urban contexts, with emphasis on their patrons, costs, the circumstances under which they were built, and their historical significance. Khiṭaṭ books were an offshoot of the more literal kutub al-

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei2865

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eng Islam

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Rabbat, Nasser

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