Guarding a Well-Ordered Space on a Mediterranean Island

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Titre
Guarding a Well-Ordered Space on a Mediterranean Island
Date
2019
Dans
The Archaeology of Medieval Islamic Frontiers
From the Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea
Résumé
For Ifriqiya, the Maghrib, and the eastern coast of al-Andalus, a <em>ribāṭ</em> can be defined as a coastal point of defense meant to host <em>ghazīs</em>, warriors for the faith or volunteers on the basis of religious commitment. From the eighth century onward, <em>ribāṭs</em> stretched along the seashore of Islamic Maghrib from Tripoli (Ṭarāblus) up to the east coast of al-Andalus. These were typically connected to another urban structure with an immediately supporting rural environment, or they could be isolated structures supplied from the sea. In one sense, they functioned in much the same way as stations along the ‘Abbasid-Byzantine land
Editeur
University Press of Colorado
Langue
eng
pages
47-79
ISBN
978-1-60732-878-0

Holod, Renata et Kahlaoui, Tarek, “Guarding a Well-Ordered Space on a Mediterranean Island”, University Press of Colorado, 2019, bibliographie, consulté le 19 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/154

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