Marcus Milwright is British Academy Global Professor at the University of York. His research interests include Islamic art and archaeology and the study of traditional crafts. He is the author of The Queen of Sheba's Gift: A History of the True Balsam of Matarea (2022).

Contents

Acknowledgements

Notes for the Reader

List of Figures

Introduction

Glossary

Timeline

Chapter 1: Sanäa, 660

Chapter 2: Aswan, 691

Chapter 3: Aleppo, 695

Chapter 4: Damascus, 714

Chapter 5: Qusayr ¿Amra, 745

Chapter 6: Akhmim, 751

Chapter 7: Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi, 774

Chapter 8: Basra, 841

Chapter 9: Samarra, 856

Chapter 10: Qayrawan, 863

Chapter 11: Bukhara, 930

Chapter 12: Rusafa, 998

Chapter 13: Baghdad, 1000

Chapter 14: Tripoli, 1070

Chapter 15: Samarqand, 1085

Chapter 16: Kharraqan, 1093

Chapter 17: Harran, 1104

Chapter 18: Herat, 1183

Chapter 19: Mecca, 1199

Chapter 20: Kashan, 1201

Chapter 21: Wasit, 1236

Chapter 22: Palermo, 1248

Chapter 23: Tabriz, 1306

Chapter 24: Cairo, 1361

Chapter 25: Granada, 1375

Chapter 26: Xi'an, 1402

Chapter 27: Panjakent, 1490

Chapter 28: Nizwa, 1531

Chapter 29: Venice, 1547

Chapter 30: Erzincan, 1568

Chapter 31: Sofia, 1582

Chapter 32: Isfahan, 1637

Chapter 33: Agra, 1642

Chapter 34: Hawizeh Marshes, 1673

Chapter 35: Istanbul, 1733

Chapter 36: Breslau, 1766

Chapter 37: Lahore, 1799

Chapter 38: Nafplio, 1831

Chapter 39: Kuala Lumpur, 1886

Chapter 40: London, 1892

Chapter 41: Edirne, 1899

Chapter 42: Simunul, 1902

Chapter 43: Qal¿at Bani Hammad, 1908

Chapter 44: Manzala, 1910

Chapter 45: Hindiyya, 1918

Chapter 46: Rabat, 1937

Chapter 47: Cleveland, 1956

Chapter 48: Djenné, 1985

Chapter 49: New York, 2015

Chapter 50: Anywhere, 2020

Appendix: Notes on Chapters 1-50

Further Reading