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Palace Gardens in Lower Mesopotamia
8th to 11th Centuries
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English
Published/Copyright:
2025
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Gardens were both a setting and showcase for nearly every aspect of social and daily life at the royal court during the early Islamic period in Western Asia. Safa Mahmoudian uses a wide range of primary source materials including contemporary Arabic manuscripts, together with archaeological reports, aerial photographs, and archaeologists’ letters and diaries. Through close readings of this evidence, Mahmoudian creates a picture of these gardens in their historical, architectural and environmental contexts and examines various factors that influenced their design and placement. In doing so, Mahmoudian adds to our understanding of these gardens and palaces and, ultimately, early Islamic-period court culture as a whole.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of Figures
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List of Plates
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Series Editor’s Foreword
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Acknowledgements
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Note on Transliteration, Translations, Dates and Measures
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Introduction
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CHAPTER 1 Garden and River in the Land between Two Rivers
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CHAPTER 2 Flora and Fauna
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CHAPTER 3 Water Features
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CHAPTER 4 Relationship between Throne Hall and Garden: A Discussion Based on Bahw and Sidillī
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CHAPTER 5 Gardens with Physical Remains
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Index
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