Monasteries, Cities, Settlements. al-Hira and Urbanism in Early Islamic Mesopotamia: Proceedings of the Workshop in Berlin, December 2018

Martina Müller-Wiener; Martin Gussone; Ibrahim Salman; Margarete van Ess; Thekla Schulz-Brize; Stefan Weber; Hasan Issa Al-Hakim; Isabel Toral; Mohamad Hadi Bidan; Ibrahim Salman; Mohamad Saleh; Dheyaa Makki Al-Safaar; Andrea Luigi Corsi; Barbara Finster; Arnulf Hausleiter; Marie-Odile Rousset

doi:10.34780/kb24hg25

Monasteries, Cities, Settlements. al-Hira and Urbanism in Early Islamic Mesopotamia: Proceedings of the Workshop in Berlin, December 2018

https://doi.org/10.34780/kb24hg25

Authors

List of Contributors

Martina Müller-Wiener [Volume editor] https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5194-655X Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Martin Gussone [Volume editor] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4654-0091 Technische Universität Berlin, FG Historische Bauforschung und Baudenkmalpflege
Ibrahim Salman [Volume editor] https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4579-1718 German Archaeological Institute, Orient Department
Margarete van Ess [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6486-9501 German Archaeological Institute, Orient Department
Thekla Schulz-Brize [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7457-1628 Technische Universität Berlin, FG Historische Bauforschung und Baudenkmalpflege
Stefan Weber [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9757-4922 Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Hasan Issa Al-Hakim [Chapter Author] University of Kufa / Faculty of Arts
Isabel Toral [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5188-7110 Seminar for Semitic and Arabic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
Mohamad Hadi Bidan [Chapter Author] State Board of Antiquities – Najaf Department, Najaf / Iraq
Ibrahim Salman [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4579-1718 German Archaeological Institute, Orient Department
Mohamad Saleh [Chapter Author] State Board of Antiquities and Heritage – Baghdad Department, Baghdad / Iraq
Dheyaa Makki Al-Safaar [Chapter Author] State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, Babylon / Iraq
Andrea Luigi Corsi [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6874-8168 German Archaeological Institute, Orient Department; 'Sapienza' University of Rome
Barbara Finster [Chapter Author] Universität Bamberg, Islamische Kunstgeschichte und Archäologie
Arnulf Hausleiter [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7119-6766 German Archaeological Institute, Orient Department, Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula
Marie-Odile Rousset [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4745-0901 CNRS - Archéorient - UMR 5133, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée - Jean Pouilloux, LYON

Synopsis

In the 7^th and 8^th centuries, numerous new cities were founded in what is now Iraq, often in the vicinity of existing settlements. The international conference, whose contributions are presented here, examined this phenomenon and the accompanying processes of transformation, using the case study of al-Hira as a starting point. The volume combines source-based contributions on the history of events and historical topography with the presentation and analysis of the results of settlement archaeological investigations and excavations that have been carried out in the area of historic al-Hira since 2015. Supplementary papers use comparisons to place the case study of al-Hira in a supra-regional context.

Keywords:

Arabia, Archaeology, Architecture, Church of the East, Early Islam, Iraq, Late Antiquity, al-Hira

Chapters

Preface of the Series Editors

Martina Müller-Wiener, Martin Gussone, Margarete van Ess
Grußworte

Margarete van Ess, Thekla Schulz-Brize , Stefan Weber
Introduction

Martina Müller-Wiener, Martin Gussone, Ibrahim Salman
Social and Religious Interactions in Al-Ḥīra

Hasan Issa Al-Hakim
Al-Ḥīra as reflected in the written sources

Isabel Toral
The historical topography of al-Ḥīra according to the written sources

Martina Müller-Wiener
The urban structure of al-Ḥīra according to the results of surface surveys, UAV-based remote sensing and magnetometer prospection data (2015–2018) and their preliminary evaluation

Martina Müller-Wiener, Martin Gussone
Recent large-scale rescue excavations in al-Ḥīra 2017/2018. Overview

Mohamad Hadi Bidan
Early Christian churches in al-Ḥīra, excavated in 2017: Some notes on their architecture and liturgy

Ibrahim Salman, Mohamad Saleh
Al-Ḥīra Excavations 2010/2011. Pottery from the Third Campaign

Dheyaa Makki Al-Safaar
Some insights on early Islamic stucco decoration from Hira and the issue of its chronology

Andrea Luigi Corsi
Die Kirchen von Qusair / Iraq im ostsyrischen Kontext

Barbara Finster
Qurḥ / Al-Mabiyāt – Contextualizing an early Islamic urban settlement in the Hejaz

Arnulf Hausleiter
Across the steppe: al-Hira seen from the fringes of northern Syria

Marie-Odile Rousset
List of Contributors (alphabetical order)