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THE FATIMID HOLY CITY: REBUILDING JERUSALEM IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY

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This essay explores the architectural history of Jerusalem in the Abbasid (751– 970) and Fatimid (970– 1036) periods. Compared to the time of the Umayyads (661– 750), Abbasid-era Jerusalem was characterized by a caliphal disinterest in the monuments of the holy city. However, it also saw growth in the identification between local populations and their respective religious monuments. This contest over sacred space culminated under the Fatimid dynasty, in the cataclysmic reign of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r.

THE FATIMID HOLY CITY: REBUILDING JERUSALEM IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2017
Date Published  2017
Authors  PRUITT, JENNIFER
Original Publication  THE MEDIEVAL GLOBE Volume 3.2 | 2017
Pagination  35-56
Publisher  THE MEDIEVAL GLOBE Volume 3.2 | 2017
ISBN/ISSN Number  2377-3561
Key Words  Abbasid; Fatimid; Abbasid-era Jerusalem; Fatimid dynasty; al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah; Holy Sepulchre; al-Zahir; Haram al- Sharif


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