3. Founding the Oasis City

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Notes on Dates and Transliteration ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Prologue: Ibn Battuta’s Sijilmasa Journey 1
6. 1. Approaches to Sijilmasa 19
7. 2. Confluence of Time and Space in Morocco’s Desert Land 32
8. 3. Founding the Oasis City 64
9. 4. Sijilmasa in Empire 92
10. 5. Moroccan Rulers at the Desert’s Edge: The Filalians 131
11. 6. Out of Sijilmasa: The Alaouites 151
12. 7. Using Models of the Islamic City as Guides 174
13. 8. An Altered Present; An Uncertain Future 190
14. Appendix 1. Moroccan Dynastic Rulers Governing Sijilmasa 200
15. Appendix 2. Ceramics Typology 205
16. Notes 217
17. Glossary 239
18. Bibliography 251
19. Index 267