Garden) 2(: A Report of Ma’ālim ol-Madīna

Document Type : pajoohesh

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Abstract

Ma’ālim ol-Medina al-Monavvara bain
al-Emāra wa at-Tārīkh by Abdolazīz Al-Ka’aki is
a voluminous book in 30 volumes (9 parts) which
has been effective in changing the urban planning
policy in Medina. The author of this book has made
an attempt to record the endangered legacy of the
first Islamic city which has expanded more than 25
times in the last 60 years. The first part of the book
was published in 1998, and its writing was completed
in 2015. The present paper is going to introduce
this book. Regarding this, firstly a brief biography
of the author is provided, and then the titles of all
the volumes are looked at. Following this, the arrangement
of the content of the book is analyzed,
and some information about the steps and procedure
of compiling the book as well as about the author’s religious thinking is provided.

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