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This book offers a fresh perspective on religious culture in the medieval Middle East. It investigates the ways Muslims thought about and practiced at sacred spaces and in sacred times through two detailed case studies: the shrines in honour of the head of al-Husayn (the martyred grandson of the Prophet), and the holy month of Rajab. The changing expressions of the veneration of the shrine and month are followed from the formative period of Islam until the late Mamluk period, paying attention to

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Author

Talmon-Heller Daniella Talmon-Heller

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781474460965

Category

history

Subjects

Religion, Rituals & Practice, Medieval

Updated

2026-03-25