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Books on the history of Jerusalem written by Kamil J. Asali
The book provides rich archeological and historical data about the Islamic
cemeteries and mausolea in
Jerusalem
, as well as bibliographical
information of about 360 eminent personalities buried in the city. It also
reproduces the texts of some 30 epitaphs.
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The book is rather extensive treatment of more than 60 Islamic monuments in
Jerusalem
: Khans, public
baths (Hammams), canals, pools, wells as well as
drinking fountains (Sabils). The first chapter deals
with a famous Tekkiyya (Khasseky Sultan). The book is richly illustrated with coloured plates, plans maps etc...
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The book is a comprehensive study of Arab and Muslim travellers who visited
Jerusalem
,
and wrote about it from the eleventh up to the 20 centuries. It is again
divided into two sections; the first section contains a review of some 40 travellers, while the second section, gives lengthy texts
of their writings.
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Relying on a large number of source books, the author presents a convincing
treatise on the history of medicine in
Jerusalem
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including a study of medical institutions and famous physicians from ancient
times down to the year 1918.
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This book is an Arabic Translation of "JERUSALEM IN HISTORY" which
was also edited by K.J. ASALI and published in
England
,
1989 by Scorpion Publishing and republished by Interlink Publishing,
USA
1997. The book deals with the history of
Jerusalem
from 3000 B.C. until 1988. It is the fruit of the participation of nine
international scholars, each of whom contributed a chapter on the history of
the city.
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The books is a lengthy treatment of the history of Nebi Musa feast and shrine,
throughout the centuries. It is divided into six chapters, and contains a
supplement which gives extracts about the shrine and feast from old books of
travel.
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The book begins with an introduction on some primary sources on the history
of
Jerusalem
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It is then divided into three chapters, which contain the texts of the
documents:
Ch.
I: six waqfiyyas from the records of the sharia court of Jerusalem Ch. II: 43 documents from the Mamluk documents of the Haram Ch.
III: eleven miscellaneous documents, and sultani firmans and orders from the Ottoman period.
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The book is devided into two parts:
Part I contains the texts of 61 documents from the Mamluk documents of the Haram
Part II: publishes the texts of 43 Ottoman documents, including proclamations, fatwas, governor's decrees and miscellaneous documents on madrasas, zawiyas, ribats and waqfs etc. in al-Quds
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The book publishes the texts of 156 documents, including 29 inscriptions
from
Jerusalem
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Most of the documents (134) are Ottoman. The remaining documents include 19
documents and inscriptions from the Mamluk period,
and two Ayyubid inscriptions.
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The book contains in section I a rather lenghty study of the life and works of the Palestinian scholar A. Mukhlis.
In section II, there are complete texts of Mukhlis's writings on Palestine.Section III contains an
annotated index of Mukhlis's articles and books.
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This book provides an annotated and detailed bibliography of 49 books on Fada'il al-Quds and its place in
Islam, citing in each case the location of their existing manuscripts all over
the world. The bibliograhy is introduced by a general
study of the Fada'il literature with special
reference to
Jerusalem
.
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This book presents an Arabic translation of Alexander Schölch's book: PALÄSTINA IM UMBRUCH (1856-1882), which was published in
Stuttgart
1986. It contains various valuable
studies on the development of
Palestine
in the 19th century. It is one of the best books written on the history of 19th
century
Palestine
.
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The book provides the most detailed treatment so far of the Madrasas and other learning institutions in
Jerusalem
. These are, in
all, 70 Madrasas, 40 Zawiyas,
8 Khanqas, 7 Ribats and 9 Maktabas. In addition to traditional literature many
original documents, both in
Jerusalem
and
Istanbul
were consulted.
The buildings themselves were inspected and described and many inscriptions
were recorded. There is a general map of the Madrasas etc. and a detailed index.
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This book is an updated and new edition of "JERUSALEM IN HISTORY"
edited by Kamil J. Asali , published by
Interlink Publishing with a forword by Dr.Rashid Khalidi,
University
of
Chicago
. The book deals with the history
of
Jerusalem
from 3000 B.C. until 1996.It is the fruit of the participation of nine
international scholars each of whom contributed a chapter on the history of the
city.
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