Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-145) and index.

List of illustrations ix --
Acknowledgments xiii --
A note on translation, transliteration and dynastic terminology xv --
Introduction 1 --
Chapter 1 Almoravid Foundations 24 --
Chapter 2 Almohad renovation 57 --
Chapter 3 Almohad Urbanism Elsewhere : Seville and Rabat 93 --
Epilogue : The Genius Loci of Marrakesh 127 --
Notes 133 --
Bibliography 139 --
Index --

Illustrations :
Figure 1 A. de Bérard. "Vue de la Ville de Maroc" 2 --
Figure 2 Dome in front of the mihrab at the Great Mosque of Tlemcen 6 --
Figure 3 Dome in front of the mihrab at the Great Mosque of Córdoba 6 --
Figure 4 Vegetal ornamental screens in the Kutubiyya Mosque 7 --
Figure 5 Hierarchy of arch typologies in the Kutubiyya Mosque 8 --
Figure 6 Almoravid minbar from the Kutubiyya Mosque 9 --
Figure 7 The Kutubiyya minaret under repair 12 --
Figure 8 First plan of Marrakesh with its original orientation 28 --
Figure 9 Tower reconstruction at the Qasr al-Manar 29 --
Figure 10 Climbing formwork 31 --
Figure 11 Pisé walls at Sijilmasa 32 --
Figure 12 Hypothetical reconstruction of Ali in Yusuf's mosque 33 --
Figure 13 Exterior view of the Qubbat al Barudiyyin 34 --
Figure 14 Interior view of the Qubbat al Barudiyyin's cupola 35 --
Figure 15 Plan of Marrakesh's city walls in two phases, following an adjusted qibla 37 --
Figure 16 Plan of Bab Dukkala 41 --
Figure 17 Bab Dukkala, western exterior façade 42 --
Figure 18 Gate D from the fortress at Zagora 42 --
Figure 19 Plan of Bab Makhzen 43 --
Figure 20 Plan of Bab Dabbag 43 --
Figure 21 Plan of Bab al 'Ara'is 44 --
Figure 22 Axonometric projection of the western tower at Tasghimout 44 --
Figure 23 View of Tasghimout's western fortifications 45 --
Figure 24 Depiction of an eleventh century Almoravid ruler 50 --
Figure 25 Almoravid minbar from the Kutubiyya Mosque 52 --
Figure 26 Detail of the strapwork from the side of the Kutubiyya minbar 53 --
Figure 27 Northern exterior wall of the extant Kutubiyya 59 --
Figure 28 Plan of the Kutubiyya Mosque 60 --
Figure 29 Integration of the northern arcade with the base of the minaret 62 --
Figure 30 Plan of the Tinmal mosque with its axial geometric schema 63 --
Figure 31 Eastern entrance to the second Kutubiyya prayer hall 63 --
Figure 32 Interior of the second prayer hall 64 --
Figure 33 Engaged column with stucco capital in the second prayer hall 65 --
Figure 34 View of the gibla transept in the second prayer hall 65 --
Figure 35 Mugarnas ceiling in the lateral gibla transept 66 --
Figure 36 Kutubiyya mihrab 67 --
Figure 37 Mihrab dome at the Kutubiyya 68 --
Figure 38 Ornamental program around the Kutubiyya mihrab 69 --
Figure 39 Ornamental program around the Tinmal mihrab 70 --
Figure 40 Sebka strapwork underneath a mihrab transept arch at Tinmal 71 --
Figure 41 Mihrab façade at Tinmal with its geometric scheme 72 --
Figure 42 Bab Agnaou 73 --
Figure 43 Bab al Robb 74 --
Figure 44 Map of Almohad era Marrakesh 75 --
Figure 45 Postcard of the mechouar (or rahba) in Marrakesh 76 --
Figure 46 Hypothetical map of the Agdal estate during the Almohad period 78 --
Figure 47 View of the Agdal garden, looking north 79 --
Figure 48 Irrigation channel feeding the buhayra within the Agdal 81 --
Figure 49 The Agdal garden buhayra, looking toward the late Mu minid pavilion known as the Dar al Hana 82 --
Figure 50 Plan of Roman Seville 95 --
Figure 51 Plan of Almohad era Seville, with the older Abbadid era mosque and gates 96 --
Figure 52 Plan of the Patio del Yeso 98 --
Figure 53 Northern side of the Patio del Yeso 98 --
Figure 54 Southern side of the Patio del Yeso 99 --
Figure 55 Plan of the congregational mosque at Seville 102 --
Figure 56 Stucco fragments from the Seville mihrab 103 --
Figure 57 The Giralda 104 --
Figure 58 Louis Haghe, Seville Gate of Xeres 106 --
Figure 59 Reconstruction of the Almohad shipyard and its seven ship sheds 107 --
Figure 60 Remnant of the Almohad era shipyard gate 107 --
Figure 61 Torre de la Plata 108 --
Figure 62 Torre del Oro 109 --
Figure 63 Hans Hogenburg, engraving of the Moroccan coast with Salé and Rabat 110 --
Figure 64 Plan of the Qasba des Oudayas 114 --
Figure 65 Drummed columns at the congregational mosque in Rabat 117 --
Figure 66 Remnants of the Rabat mosque's monumental minaret 119 --
Figure 67 View toward the gaşba from the riverside of the Bou Regreg 120 --
Figure 68 View toward the Hassan Mosque from the ramparts of the Rabat qaşba 120 --
Figure 69 Plan of Rabat 121 --
Figure 70 Internal plan of Bab al Rouah 122 --
Figure 71 Eastern gate of the Dchira fortress 123 --
Figure 71 Fr. Antonio de la Concepción, map of the royal qaşba of the emperor of
Morocco 130 --

"Explores the foundation and development of Marrakesh during the Almoravid and Almohad dynasties, drawing upon recent work in archaeology, urban studies, and landscape preservation"--