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Islamic piety in medieval Syria : mosques, cemeteries and sermons under the Zangids and Ayyūbids (1146-1260) / by Daniella Talmon-Heller.

By: Talmon-Heller, DaniellaMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Hebrew Series: Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ; v. 7Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007. Description: xii, 306 p. : maps ; 25 cmISBN: 9789004158092 (hardback : alk. paper); 900415809X (hardback : alk. paper)Uniform titles: Dat ṿe-ḥevrah be-Suryah mi-Nur Aldin ṿe-ʻad la-kibush ha-Mongoli (1154-1260). English Subject(s): Nūr al-Dīn, Atabeg of Syria, 1118-1174 | Ayyubids | Islam -- Customs and practices | Religious life -- Islam | Syria -- History -- 750-1260 | Syria -- Religious life and customsDDC classification: 297.09569/0902 LOC classification: DS97.3 | .T3513 2007
Contents:
Mosques in society -- Society in mosques -- Preachers (khaṭībs) and prayer leaders (imāms) -- The assembly of exhortation (majlis al-waʻẓ) -- The cemetery -- Shrines (mashhads and maqāmāt) -- Piety -- Impiety and religious dissent.
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Extensively revised and expanded edition of the author's Hebrew Ph. D. thesis entitled: Dat ṿe-ḥevrah be-Suryah mi-Nur Aldin ṿe-ʻad la-kibush ha-Mongoli (1154-1260).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-286) and index.

Mosques in society -- Society in mosques -- Preachers (khaṭībs) and prayer leaders (imāms) -- The assembly of exhortation (majlis al-waʻẓ) -- The cemetery -- Shrines (mashhads and maqāmāt) -- Piety -- Impiety and religious dissent.