Rayy: from its Origins to the Mongol Invasion
An Archaeological and Historiographical Study
Rocco Rante, Aix Marseille Université and Musée du Louvre.
In Collaboration with Ghadir Afround
In Collaboration with Ghadir Afround
This book offers a new history of the ancient city of Rayy. Based on the results of the latest excavations on the Citadel and the Shahrestan (the political and administrative nucleus of the city in all periods), the study of historical and geographical texts and on surveys carried out between 2005 and 2007 by the author and the Iranian archaeologist, Ghadir Afround, the complete occupation sequence of the city, from its foundation in the Iron Age and the Parthian reconstructions (2nd to 1st centuries BC), up to the Mongol invasions and rapid depopulation in the 13th century CE, comes to light.
Biographical note
Rocco Rante, Ph. D. (Aix en Provence, 2009), Aix Marseille Université, is an archaeologist at the Musée du Louvre and the director of the Archaeological Mission of the Bukhara Oasis in Central Asia. A specialist on the Khorasan region, he has published Nishapur Revisited with Annabelle Collinet, (Oxford 2013).
Table of contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE BY RENATA HOLOD
TRANSLITERATION SYSTEM
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
1. GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING
2. HISTORICAL SETTING
Pre-Islamic era
Islamic era
The first conquest of Rayy and the first caliphs
The Umayyad period
The ʿAbbāsid period
The Sāmānīd period
The Būyid period
The Ġaznawid period
The Salğūq period
The Mongol invasion
3. PREVIOUS WORKS AT RAYY
Plans of Rayy in the 19th century
Pascal Coste’s Plan of Rayy
Pascal Coste’s Views of Rayy (1840)
Eastern elevation (folio 62bis)
Western elevation (folio 63)
Previous Archaeological Works at Rayy
4. TOPOGRAPHY OF RAYY
Topography of Rayy
The Citadel
The Šahrestān
Rayy Today: Between Modern Urbanisation and Preservation of the Site
5. EXCAVATIONS AT RAYY
The šahrestān Rampart
Test T1
Tests T3 and T4
Test T2: šahrestān
The Mosque
Citadel Excavation (in Collaboration with Ghadir Afround)
The West Fortress
The East Fortress
6. THE CERAMICS OF THE EXCAVATION (2006-2007)
Analysis of the Ceramics
Description of the fabrics
Chronological Study of the Ceramics: Synthesis and Interpretation
7. URBAN DEVELOPMENT
The Urban Framework at the Origins of Rayy
Urban Development during the Parthian Period
Urban Development during the Sasanian Period
Urban Development in the Islamic Period
A glimpse of the urban development of some major Iranian cities
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
PREFACE BY RENATA HOLOD
TRANSLITERATION SYSTEM
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
1. GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING
2. HISTORICAL SETTING
Pre-Islamic era
Islamic era
The first conquest of Rayy and the first caliphs
The Umayyad period
The ʿAbbāsid period
The Sāmānīd period
The Būyid period
The Ġaznawid period
The Salğūq period
The Mongol invasion
3. PREVIOUS WORKS AT RAYY
Plans of Rayy in the 19th century
Pascal Coste’s Plan of Rayy
Pascal Coste’s Views of Rayy (1840)
Eastern elevation (folio 62bis)
Western elevation (folio 63)
Previous Archaeological Works at Rayy
4. TOPOGRAPHY OF RAYY
Topography of Rayy
The Citadel
The Šahrestān
Rayy Today: Between Modern Urbanisation and Preservation of the Site
5. EXCAVATIONS AT RAYY
The šahrestān Rampart
Test T1
Tests T3 and T4
Test T2: šahrestān
The Mosque
Citadel Excavation (in Collaboration with Ghadir Afround)
The West Fortress
The East Fortress
6. THE CERAMICS OF THE EXCAVATION (2006-2007)
Analysis of the Ceramics
Description of the fabrics
Chronological Study of the Ceramics: Synthesis and Interpretation
7. URBAN DEVELOPMENT
The Urban Framework at the Origins of Rayy
Urban Development during the Parthian Period
Urban Development during the Sasanian Period
Urban Development in the Islamic Period
A glimpse of the urban development of some major Iranian cities
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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