Mapping Islamicjerusalem : A Rediscovery of Geographical Boundaries.

MAPPING ISLAMICJERUSALEM -- DEDICATION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF MAPS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION -- FORWARD -- INTRODUCTION -- Background -- Historical Background -- Framework for Makkah and Madinah -- The Problem -- The Aim -- Why? -- Sources and methodologies -- Literature Review -- PART ONE - RELIGIOUS TERMINOLOGIES TO ISLAMICJERUSALEM AND ITS SURROUNDINGS: THEIR EXTENT AND BOUNDARIES -- CHAPTER 1:THE EXTENT OF THE LAND OF BARAKAH -- Barakah in the Qur'an -- Barakah bestowed on a being -- Barakah bestowed on an object -- Barakah bestowed on a text or statement -- Barakah bestowed in a "point in time -- Barakah bestowed on a place -- The Land of Barakah -- The Location and Extent of the Land of Barakah -- Extent of al-Sham -- Barakah Around -- The travelling of Solomon -- The migration of Abraham -- The Israelites' Inheritance -- The Ancient Journey -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 2: THE EXTENT OF THE HOLY LAND -- Muqadas in the Qur'an -- Al-Qudūs -- Rūh al-Qudus -- Nuqadisu lak -- Al-Wādī al-Muqadas -- Al-Ard al-Muqadasah -- The location of Al-Ard al-Muqadasah -- The exegesis of the verse -- Al-Tur and the area around it -- Al-Sham -- Damascus, Palestine and parts of Jordan -- Jericho -- The land of Bayt al-Maqdis -- Both Aelia and Bayt al-Maqdis -- The extent of the Holy Land -- Accounts on the extent -- Al-Bakrī (d.487AH/ 1094CE) -- Al-Tīfāshī (d.651AH/ 1251CE) -- Al-Himyarī (d. 727AH/ 1327CE) -- Al-Qalaqashandī (d.821AH/ 1418CE) -- Al-Hanbalī (d. 927AH/ 1521CE) -- Al-Tumurtāshī (d. ~1127AH/ 1715CE) -- Ibn 'Āshūr (d. 1393AH/ 1973CE) -- Conclusion -- PART TWO - THE USAGE OF THE NAMES OF ISLAMICJERUSALEM -- CHAPTER 3: THE NAMES OF ISLAMICJERUSALEM: FROM THE PRE-MUSLIM PERIOD UNTIL 23AH -- Introduction -- The Pre-Muslim Period in Arabia -- Prophetic Period -- First connection.

Al-Isrā' (the Night Journey) -- More verses after al-Isrā' -- Change of Qiblah after the Hijra to Madinah -- The building of al-Aqsa Mosque -- Visit only three mosques -- Abū Sufyān in Aelia -- After the Take-over of Makkah -- Tamīm al-Dārī -- Al-Ard al-Muqadasah -- Hadīth in Tabuk (fath Bayt al-Maqdis) -- Prophet Joshua marching to Bayt al-Maqdis -- Prophet John in Bayt al-Maqdis -- The Land of Raising and Gathering -- Starting off on Pilgrimage from Bayt al-Maqdis -- People steadfast -- Bayt al-Maqdis flourishing -- Between Bayt al-Maqdis and the Ka'bah -- Other Ahādīth -- Conclusion -- First Muslim phase -- Proposed burial in Bayt al-Maqdis -- Abū Bakr -- 'Umar Ibn al-Khattāb -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 4: DEVELOPMENT OF THE NAMES OF ISLAMICJERUSALEM: FROM AFTER THE MUSLIM CONQUEST UNTIL THE CRUSADER PERIOD (23-500 AH) -- Introduction -- Period One (23-132 AH/ 644-749 CE) -- Use of the Name 'Aelia' -- Use of the Name 'Bayt al-Maqdis' -- Use of other names -- Conclusion -- Period Two (132-493 AH/ 749-1099 CE) -- Introduction of Name Al-Quds -- Use of the Name 'Bayt al-Maqdis' -- Use of other names -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 5: DEVELOPMENT OF THE NAMES OF ISLAMICJERUSALEM: FROM THE CRUSADES UNTIL THE LATE OTTOMAN PERIOD (500-1300 AH) -- The introduction of the name "al-Quds al-Sharīf -- Use of the Name 'al-Quds' -- Using 'lands of al-Quds' -- Use of Other Names during this period -- Using 'Bayt al-Maqdis' -- Using Ard Bayt al-Maqdis -- Using "Ard al-Maqdis -- Using 'Bilād al-Maqdis' -- Using 'al-Bayt al-Muqadas' -- Conclusion -- PART THREE - THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES OF ISLAMICJERUSALEM -- CHAPTER 6: THE EXTENT OF THE REGION -- Direct references -- Al-Maqdisī (d.390 AH/ 1000 CE) -- Al-Tīfāshī (d.651 AH/ 1251 CE) -- Al-'Umarī (d.749 AH/1349 CE) -- Southern Boundary -- Discussion of accounts -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 7: INDIRECT REFERENCES TO THE REGION.

Jericho -- Bethlehem -- Hebron -- Karak -- Ascalon -- Lud -- Nablus -- Other Sites -- General accounts -- Ard al-Quds -- Area of Bayt al-Maqdis -- Topographical Element -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 8: ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES OF ISLAMICJERUSALEM -- The wider region -- The administrative district prior to the Muslim conquest -- The administrative districts at the time of the Muslim conquest -- The administrative districts after the Muslim conquest -- The Crusader Period -- Ayyūbids -- Mamlūks -- Ottomans -- Conclusion -- CONCLUSIONS &amp -- RECOMMENDATION -- CONCLUSION -- The Land of Barakah and the Holy Land -- The names of Islamicjerusalem -- The region of Islamicjerusalem -- Map of the region -- Same or different -- Recommendations -- Recommendations for further research -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX 1: -- Text quotations -- APPENDIX II: -- Study of Al-Maqdisī's Measurement -- Muslims and Measurement systems -- Al-Maqdisī's Measurements -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- هذا الكتاب.

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