Palace Gardens in Lower Mesopotamia: 8th to 11th Centuries

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.

Author: Safa Mahmoudian
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 11/30/2024
Series: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781399524254