Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Abbreviations vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Grave Markers: Rhetoric and Materiality of Relic and Tomb Veneration in Early Islam 23
7. 2 A Clear Sign: The Maqām Ibrāhīm and Early Islamic Continuity and Difference 47
8. 3 Inverted Inventions: Finding and Hiding Holy Bodies in the First Islamic Century 80
9. 4 Paradoxes and Problems of the Prophetic Body: Muḥammad’s Corpse and Tomb 121
10. 5 Places Where the Prophet Prayed: Ritualising the Prophet’s Traces 166
11. Epilogue 218
12. Bibliography 228
13. INDEX 269