Rabad

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Rabaḍ (Arabic: ربض "outskirts") refers to the suburbs of a seventh to eighth century city in Central Asia, including what is now Turkistan Region, Iran, and Afghanistan. This term was also in use in al-Andalus.

City layouts[]

A typical qalʿat "fortress" in Central Asia was based on a tripartite city model: the citadel; shahristan (residential area inside the walls); and the rabaḍ proper. This city model is valid not only for Central Asian city typology, but is also used to describe similar city types elsewhere in the Islamic world.[1][2]

See also[]

  • Rabat (disambiguation), Semitic word for 'fortified town' or 'suburb'
  • Ribat, Arabic word for Early Muslim frontier fort, later caravansary and Sufi retreat
  • Robat (disambiguation), Persian variant for 'ribat'

References[]

  1. ^ Can, Mesut. Orta Asya Kent Topoğrafyasına Dair Genel Kabuller Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme [... Central Asian urban topography] (PDF). IV. Turkey Graduate Studies Congress, 14-17 May 2015, Kütahya: Proceedings Book III (in Turkish). İstanbul. pp. 145–148. ISBN 978-605-84009-4-8. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. ^ Bolelov, Sergey B. "Рабад [Rabad]". Great Russian Encyclopedia (in Russian). Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
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