TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mulder,Stephennie F.
TI  - The shrines of the 'Alids in medieval Syria: Sunnis, Shi'is and the architecture of coexistence 
T2  - Edinburgh studies in Islamic art
SN  - 9781474471169
AV  - BP187 .S575 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Islamic shrines
KW  - Syria
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Sacred space
KW  - Alids
KW  - Landscapes in art
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 'A road for all Muslims' --; A mashhad at Balis --; Aleppo: an experiment in Islamic ecumenism --; Eclectic ecumenism: the cemetery of Bab al-Saghir in Damascus --; Perpetual patronage: four Damascene .AAlid shrines --; A landscape of deeds: .AAlid shrines and the construction of Islamic sacred topography --; A time of miracles; 2; b
N2  - "The 'Alids (descendants of the Prophet Muhammad) are among the most revered figures in Islam, beloved by virtually all Muslims, regardless of sectarian affiliation. This study argues that despite the common identification of shrines as 'Shi'i' spaces, they have in fact always been unique places of pragmatic intersectarian exchange and shared piety, even - and perhaps especially - during periods of sectarian conflict. Using a rich variety of previously unexplored sources, including textual, archaeological, architectural, and epigraphic evidence, Stephennie Mulder shows how these shrines created a unifying Muslim 'holy land' in medieval Syria, and proposes a fresh conceptual approach to thinking about landscape in Islamic art. In doing so, she argues against a common paradigm of medieval sectarian conflict, complicates the notion of Sunni Revival, and provides new evidence for the negotiated complexity of sectarian interactions in the period."--Publisher's website
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