Contours of Conversion: The Geography of Islamization in Syria, 600-1500Journal of the American Oriental SocietySyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/WNP9YLMT/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Thomas AndrewCarlsonContours of Conversion: The Geography of Islamization in Syria, 600-1500http://syriaca.org/cbss/WNP9YLMThttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/WNP9YLMThttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/WNP9YLMTJournal of the American Oriental Society135:42015791-816The Islamization of Syria, a multi-faceted social and cultural process not limited to demography, was slow and highly variable across different locales. This article analyzes geographical works—ten in Arabic, one in Persian, and one in Hebrew—as well as the earliest Ottoman defters of the province to outline the process of Islamization in Syria from the Islamic conquest in the seventh century to the Ottoman conquest in the sixteenth. Geographical texts cannot be mined as databases, but when interpreted as literature they provide often detailed information regarding the foundation of mosques, the slow conversion of multi-religious shrines, and areas within Syria known for particular religious affiliations.
Carlson, Thomas Andrew. “Contours of Conversion: The Geography of Islamization in Syria, 600-1500.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 135:4 (2015): 791–816.
Thomas Andrew Carlson, Contours of Conversion: The Geography of Islamization in Syria, 600-1500,Journal of the American Oriental Society 135:4 (2015): 791–816.IslamizationMuslim-Christian relationsVII-XVIII CEconversion