An Evaluation About the Types of Camp Cities Which Appeared in the Period of the Khulafa-i Rashideen

Year 2005, Issue: 6, 215 - 235, 01.12.2005

Yılmaz Can

Abstract

In the Period of Four Caliphs in which the movements of conquest
continued intensely appeared a new city phenemenon which had the
pecularities of being quarters. Basra, Qufa and Fustat which are
subjects for our study are cities founded in that manner. The urban
structure of these cities took form seemly to the feelings of the citizens
who lived here. Because there were neither a foundation nor an
authority.
In the centre of the city was situated a mosque. Near the mosque
were situated social and administrative buildings like a dar al-imara
(building of government), a bathhouse, a prison, a bait al-mal (treasure
house) and diwans (houses of council). Commercial activities were kept
together around the mosque. Factions were made according to species
of goods in bazaars. From the centre to the suroundings were spread a
lot of mainroads . In every districts of the city a tribe or a group of
tribes resided. Some sort of dwellings were detected in the cities. These
were formed in pursuance of the social structure.

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