The garden is the image of Paradise in the Quran. John Brookes traces its physical origins to age-old methods of irrigation, and charts its spread with the spread of Islam in India, Persia, Turkey, Egypt, Sicily, North Africa and Muslim Spain.
ISBN | 9780941533072 |
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Category | N/A |
Call number | SB4578 B76 1987 |
Physical description | 240 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 26 cm. |
Edition year | 1987 |
Bibliographical references? | No |
Publisher name | New Amsterdam |
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Publication year | 1987 |
Place of publication | New York |
Language | English |
Is series? | No |