Placing Islam

Geographies of Connection in Twentieth-Century Istanbul

Timur Warner Hammond

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English

University of California Press
17 August 2023

Middle Eastern history; Historical geography; History of religion; Islam; Anthropology

Series: Islamic Humanities

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.

For centuries, the Mosque of Eyüp Sultan has been one of Istanbul’s most important pilgrimage destinations, in large part because of the figure buried in the tomb at its center: Halid bin Zeyd Ebû Eyûb el-Ensârî, a Companion of the Prophet Muhammad. In this book, however, Timur Hammond argues that making a geography of Islam involves considerably more than this figure alone. Tracing practices of storytelling and building projects from the final years of the Ottoman Empire to the early 2010s, Placing Islam shows how different individuals and groups articulated connections between people, places, traditions, and histories to make a place that is paradoxically defined both by powerful continuities and a radically reconfigured relationship to the city and world beyond. This book provides a rich account of urban religion in Istanbul, offering a key opportunity to reconsider how we understand the changing cultures of Islam in contemporary Turkey.

By: Timur Warner Hammond
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 4
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780520387430
ISBN 10: 0520387430
Series: Islamic Humanities
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 17 August 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Timur Hammond is Assistant Professor of Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University.

Reviews for Placing Islam: Geographies of Connection in Twentieth-Century Istanbul

""An eye-opening work that engages with an impressive assortment of contemporary scholarship across multiple disciplines."" * Reading Religion * ""Placing Islam pursues a different, less obvious, and ultimately more rewarding path."" * Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association *