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The Medieval Islamic City:

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  1. Goitein, S. D. "The City," A Mediterranean Society.vol. 4., Berkely: University of California Press, 1983.
  2. Hourani, A. and Stern, S. M. The Islamic City. Scotland: Bruno and Cassirir, 1969.
  3. Abu Lughod, Cairo: 1001 Years of the City Victorious. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1971.
  4. Abu Lughod, Janet L. "The Islamic City-Historic Myth, Islamic Essence, and Contemporary Relevance," IJMES 19 (1987): 155-176.
  5. Von Grunebaum, Gustav. "The Sacred Character of Islamic Cities," Mélange Taha Hussain. Cairo: 1962, pp 25-37.
  6. Lapidus, Ira M. "The Early Evolution of Muslim Urban Society," Comparative Studies in Society and History.15 (1973): 21-50.
  7. ________. "Muslim Societies and Islamic Cities," Middle Eastern Cities. Ed., Lapidus, I. M. Berkely: 1969, 47-79.
  8. ________. Muslim Cities in the Later Middle Ages. Cambridge: 1984.
  9. Peters, F. E. Jerusalem and Mecca. The Typology of the Holy City in the Near East. New York: New York University Press, 1986.

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