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Focus on Islam III: Archaeology and Islamic identities in Bahrain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2015

Timothy Insoll
Timothy Insoll*
Affiliation:
School of Art History and Archaeology, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK (Email: Tim.Insoll@manchester.ac.uk)
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Abstract

Exploring the archaeological correlates of Islam in Bahrain, the author finds that ‘Islamic identity’ is no singular condition: communities are diverse, exhibiting a culture that is rich, multicultural and complex.

Keywords

Bahrainninth to thirteenth centuriesIslamCarmathian
Type
Research
Information
Antiquity , Volume 79 , Issue 305 , September 2005 , pp. 601 - 608
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2005

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