Sacred Place and Sacred Time in the Medieval Islamic Middle East: A Historical Perspective

by Daniella Talmon-Heller

This book offers a fresh perspective on religious culture in the medieval Middle East. It investigates the ways Muslims thought about and practiced at sacred spaces and in sacred times through two detailed case studies: the shrines in honour of the head of al-Husayn (the martyred grandson of the Prophet), and the holy month of Rajab. The changing expressions of the veneration of the shrine and month are followed from the formative period of Islam...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474460968
• ISBN13: 9781474460965
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"