Raqqa

Ar-Raqqa, as a large caliphal residence and urban development project in northern Syria, played an important role historically and economically in the Islamic world and was at times one of the major capitals of the Near East alongside Baghdad, Damascus and Samarra. Already a flourishing city in the Hellenistic period, ar-Raqqa developed after the Islamic conquest in the 7th century into an early Islamic-Umayyad metropolis with supra-regional markets and trade connections. After the founding of its sister city ar-Rafiqa, ar-Raqqa grew into a major Abbasid city and experienced its heyday as the residence city of the Caliph Harun ar-Rasid. It remained the capital of the Arabian Peninsula until the 10th century.

From 1982 to 1994, the DAI researched the city in several campaigns. The research results of the investigations are published in the Raqqa series and contribute to the study of the city and its significant influence on early Islamic architecture, history and intellectual life.

Publishers
from volume 5:
Harrassowitz Verlag
Kreuzberger Ring 7c-d
D-65205 Wiesbaden-Erbenheim
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de
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Volume 4:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Genthiner Straße 13
D-10785 Berlin
www.degruyter.com
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Volume 1–3:
Verlag Philipp von Zabern GmbH (today part of Verlag Herder GmbH: wbg – Wissen verbindet)
Hermann-Herder-Str. 4
D-79104 Freiburg im Breisgau
www.herder.de
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Responsible editorial office/editors
Editorial office
Orient Department, branch office Damaskus
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Editors
Stefan Heidemann and Claudia Bührig

Volumes
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