Heinz Gaube

Heinz Gaube (* 8. September 1940 in Bohemian Leipa ) is a university professor in retirement for Iran customer at the Oriental Institute of the University of Tübingen .

Life

After completing school in Beuna near Halle , Gaube completed an apprenticeship as an optician in Schillingsfürst ( Franconia ) and ran an optician's shop there for several years. From 1965 Gaube studied Islamic studies , Iranian studies , Semitic studies , art history , classical archeology and theology in Hamburg, Vienna, Leningrad, Beirut and London. After receiving his doctorate in Hamburg in 1970, he was employed at the Orient Institute of the German Oriental Society in Beirut until 1975 . In 1976 he completed his habilitation at the University of Frankfurt / Main .

His appointment to the professorship for Iranian studies at the University of Tübingen in 1978 was preceded by a visiting professorship at New York University (1977). In 1981 Gaube taught as a professor for "History, Theory and Critique of Islamic Architecture and Urbanism" at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA.

As a professor in Tübingen, Gaube was involved in teaching at the DFG Collaborative Research Center 19 " Tübingen Atlas of the Middle East " (from 1982) and initiated the Research Center for Islamic Numismatics and the "Research Center for the Economic and Corporate History of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East "(CEBHEM - Center for the Economic and Business History of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East ).

Gaube carried out numerous field research. So from 1968 to 1974 in southwest Iran and in Lebanon on rural architecture, in Syria on late antiquity , on early Islam and Arabic epigraphy and in the Iranian city of Isfahan . After 1975, Gaube conducted research in Iranian cities and the regions of Sistan and Makran , carried out urban research in the Afghan city of Herat , examined the genesis and form of rural settlements in Yemen , the city of Taif in Saudi Arabia, carried out a survey south of Amman (Jordan) and was significantly involved in the empirically based development of a renovation concept for the old town of Aleppo in Syria.

Gaube is the founder of the association "Friends of the Old Town of Aleppo" based in Stuttgart, which uses its funds in selective renovation measures, works as a project consultant on renovation concepts for the old town of Homs , conducts construction research on Islamic grave structures in Pakistan, and deals with archaeological and Settlement issues in the Uzbek cities of Khiva and Bukhara as well as oasis settlements in Oman.

Publications

Books

• Arragan / Cow Giluyeh. A southern Persian province from the Arab conquest to the Safavid period. (= Austrian Academy of Sciences memorandum. 107th volume). Vienna 1973. (Dissertation, Persian translation, Tehran 1981).
• Arabosasanid numismatics . Braunschweig 1973.
• An Arab palace in southern Syria. Hirbet el-Baida . Beirut 1974.
• Arabic inscriptions from Syria . Beirut 1978.
• with Eugen Wirth : The Isfahan Bazaar . Wiesbaden 1978.
• Iranian Cities . New York 1979 (Persian translation, Tehran 1986).
• with Eugen Wirth: Aleppo. Historical and geographical contributions to the structural design, to the social organization and to the economic dynamics of a Far Eastern long-distance trade metropolis . Wiesbaden 1984 (Arabic translation, Beirut 2001).
• Konrad Miller. Mappae Arabicae . Wiesbaden 1986.
• Typh. Development, structure and traditional architecture of an Arab city in upheaval . Wiesbaden 1993.
• with Thomas Leisten: The core countries of the Abbasid Empire in the 10./11. Century Wiesbaden 1993.
• Bukhara. The Eastern Dome of Islam . Stuttgart 2001.
• with Mamoun Fansa, Jens Windelberg (ed. and main author): Damascus-Aleppo. 5000 years of urban development in Syria . Mainz 2000.
• with Anette Gangler and Attilio Petruccioli: Bukhara. The Eastern Dome of Islam . Stuttgart / London 2004.
• with Bernd Schneidmüller and Stefan Weinfurter (Eds.): Confrontation of Culture? Saladin and the Crusaders . Mainz 2005.
• Islamic Art in Oman. Muscat 2008 (12a Arabic translation, Muscat 2014).
• with Anette Gangler: Transformation processes in Oasis settlements in Oman . Muscat 2010.
• The Ibadis in the Region of the Indian Ocean. Section One: East Africa. Hildesheim - Zurich - New York 2013.
• Illuminated Qurans from Oman. Hildesheim - Zurich - New York 2016.
• with Muhammad Al-Shaykh: Al-falsafa al-akhlaqiya . Muscat 2016
• with Attilio Petruccioli and Faramarz Rafipour: Kashan an Iranian City in Chang (in press).

Essays

• The carpets of the West Turkmen Group. In: Communications from the Societas Uralo-Altaica. 1. 1968, pp. 45-62.
• The latest known Arabosasanid dirhem. In: Schweizer Münzblätter . 22, 1972, pp. 57-59.
• Hirbat al-Baida au al-Qasr al-Abyad. In: Les Annales Archaeologiques Arabes Syriennes. 24, 1974, (Arabic part), pp. 101-108.
• An Examination of the Ruins of Qasr Burqu. In: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Annuals of the Department of Antiquities. 19, 1974, pp. 93-100, pp. 207-214.
• as co-author: Weekly markets, market places and market cycles in the Middle East. In: Geography. 30, 1976, pp. 9-31.
• Inner city-outer city. Continuity and change in the layout of Herat (Afghanistan). In: G. Schweizer (Hrsg.): Contributions to the geography of oriental cities and markets. Wiesbaden 1977, pp. 213-240.
• Lebanon. Background of the Civil War. In: Geographical Rundschau . 29, 1977, pp. 286-290.
• Amman, Harane and Qastal. Four early Islamic buildings in central Jordan. In: Journal of the German Palestine Association . 93, 1977, pp. 52-86.
• The Syrian desert castles. Some economic and political considerations for their creation. In: Journal of the German Palestine Association. 95, 1979, pp. 180-209.
• A section of the Safavid Bandar-e 'Abbas - Siraz - road: The route from Sayyed Gemal ad-Din to Lar. In: Iran. 17, 1979, pp. 33-47.
• Medieval coin and ceramic finds from the lower Habur valley (northern Syria). In: Litterae Numismaticae Vindobonenses. 1, 1979, pp. 169-184.
• In the hinterland of Siraf . The valley of Galledar / Fal and its neighboring areas. In: Archaeological Communications from Iran. 13, 1980, pp. 149-166.
• Herat and its environs in the 15th century according to literary and archaeological sources. In: C. Rathjens (ed.): New research on Afghanistan. Opladen 1981, pp. 202-213.
• Arabs in Sixth-Century Syria: Some Archaeological Observations. In: British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. Bulletin. 8, 1981, pp. 93-98.
• Epigraphy. In: W. Fischer (Ed.): Grundriss der Arabischen Philologie 1 1982, pp. 211–225.
• Numismatics. In: W. Fischer (Ed.): Grundriss der Arabischen Philologie 1 1982, pp. 226–250.
• Nomads and farmers. In: K. Kohlmeyer, E. Strommenger: Land of Baal. Berlin 1982, pp. 293-297.
• The Islamic-oriental city and its inhabitants. In: K. Kohlmeyer, E. Strommenger: Land of Baal. Berlin 1982, pp. 297-301.
• Syria and Europe in the early Islamic period. In: K. Kohlmeyer, E. Strommenger: Land of Baal. Berlin 1982, pp. 316-318.
• The crusaders in Syria. In: K. Kohlmeyer, E. Strommenger: Land of Baal. Berlin 1982, pp. 319-321.
• Mazdak: Historical Reality or Invention? In: Studia Iranica. 11, 1982, pp. 111-122.
• History, antiquities and archeology in the heartlands of Islam. Their reception and their effect on one another between the Middle Ages and modern times. In: H. Müller-Karpe (ed.): Archeology and historical consciousness. Munich 1982, pp. 85-103.
• The minority religions in Iran before and after the revolution. In: G. Kehrer (Ed.): All are equal before God. Düsseldorf 1983, pp. 147-163.
• Settlement history studies in the basin of at Tur. In: H. Kopp, G. Schweizer (Ed.): Development Processes in the Arab Republic of Yemen. Wiesbaden 1984, pp. 237-247.
• with P. Calmeyer: I have not seen a nobler woman than her. In: Papers in Honor of Professor Mary Boyce . Hommages et Opera Minora 10, Leiden 1985, pp. 43-60.
• Theologian and State in Iran. In: H. v. Stietencron (Ed.): Theologians and theology in different cultures. Düsseldorf 1986, pp. 164-176.
• The Syrian-Jordanian desert castles. In: Eothen. 2-3, 1991/92, pp. 23-30.
• with A. Gangler: For the restoration of an old residential building ('Madrasa Saifaddaula') in the Aleppine district of al-Farafra. In: Eothen. 2-3, 1991/92, pp. 23-30.
• with A. Gangler: First report on our work in the northeastern residential areas of Aleppo. In: Damascus communications. 4, 1989, pp. 231-249. --- Arabic version in: Adiyat Halab. 6-7, 1992, pp. 93-124.
• Syria on the eve of modernity. In: J. Kalter (Ed.): Syria, mosaic of a cultural area. Stuttgart / London 1991, pp. 25-38.
• The town. In: J. Kalter (Ed.): Syria, mosaic of a cultural area. Stuttgart / London 1991, pp. 47-52.
• The sources for map B VII 6: The core countries of the 'Abbasid Empire and their evaluation. In: W. Röllig (Ed.): From the source to the map. Weinheim 1991, pp. 199-216.
• Zoroastrianism (The Religion of Zarathustra). In: E. Brunner-Traut (Ed.): The great religions of the ancient Orient and antiquity. Stuttgart 1992, pp. 95-121.
• with A. Gangler: A Quarter of Aleppo in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Some Socio-Economical and Architectural Aspects. In: La Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Méditerranée. 62, 1991-4, pp. 159-168.
• Warriors, traders, missionaries. The spread of Islam since the seventh century. In: J. Kalter (Ed.): The Gardens of Islam. Stuttgart / London 1993, pp. 34-42.
• Long-distance traders and their goods in the bazaar of Isfahan around 1700. In: Asia Africa Latin America. 21, 1993, pp. 91-101.
• The Iranian mosque. In: Spectrum Iran. 6/4, 1993, pp. 5-33.
• The mausoleum of Yusuf Gardizi in Multan. In: Oriens. 34 1994, pp. 330-347.
• The oriental-Islamic city. In: Trialog, magazine for planning and building in the third world. 40, 1994, pp. 10-13.
• Uzbekistan and its neighboring areas in the pre-Islamic period. In: J. Kalter (Ed.): Uzbekistan. Stuttgart / London 1995, pp. 33-52.
• The Persians. In: Brockhaus. The library. Art and culture 1. Leipzig / Mannheim 1997, pp. 554–583.
• Aleppo between antiquity and the beginning of the 20th century. In: G. Wilhelm (ed.): The Oriental City. Continuity, change, break . Saarbrücken 1997, pp. 375-383.
• The traditional water and sewer system in the Old City of Aleppo and its changes in the mandatory period. In: T. Philipp, B. Schaebler (Eds.): The Syrian Land . Stuttgart 1998, pp. 157-174.
• Islamic Baalbek: The qal'ah, the mosques and other buildings. In: H. Sader, A. Neuwirth (Ed.): Baalbek . Beirut 1999, pp. 305-331.
• What can Arabic and Persian Soucs tell us about the Structure of 10th Century Bukhara? In: A. Petruccioli (ed.): Bukhara. The Myth and the Architecture . Cambridge Mass. 1999, pp. 19-28.
• The mausoleum of Adhiri in Panjab. In: Carole Hillenbrand (Ed.): Studies in Honor of Clifford Edmund Bosworth . Leiden 2000, II, pp. 96-108.
• Damascus - Aleppo. Two aspects - one culture. In: M. Fansa, H. Gaube, J. Windelberg (eds.): Damascus-Aleppo. 5000 years of urban development in Syria . Mainz 2000, pp. 15-20.
• Aleppo between Alexander the Great and the Arab conquest. In: M. Fansa, H. Gaube, J. Windelberg (eds.): Damascus-Aleppo. 5000 years of urban development in Syria . Mainz 2000, pp. 101-109.
• Aleppo in the Ottoman era. In: M. Fansa, H. Gaube, J. Windelberg (eds.): Damascus-Aleppo. 5000 years of urban development in Syria . Mainz 2000, pp. 148-159.
• Waqf in Aleppo. In: M. Fansa, H. Gaube, J. Windelberg (eds.): Damascus-Aleppo. 5000 years of urban development in Syria . Mainz 2000, pp. 316-325.
• Aleppo's traditional water supply. In: M. Fansa, H. Gaube, J. Windelberg (eds.): Damascus-Aleppo. 5000 years of urban development in Syria . Mainz 2000, pp. 341-356.
• The mausoleum at Sadan Shah in Panjab. In: Damascus communications. 11, 1999, pp. 139-146.
• with A. v. Gladis: pillars under the Arab crescent. In: Baalbek. Under the spell of Roman monumental architecture. Mainz 1999, pp. 72-87.
• How the city came to Bukhara. In: A. Petruccioli, M. Sella, G. Strapa: The Planned City? Bari 2003.
• The origin of the plan of some early medieval cities in Transoxania and Eastern Iran. In: Transoxiana. Festschrift EV Rtveladze. Tashkent 2004, pp. 245-258.
• How is Khirbat al-Bayda to be classified chronologically? In: Oriente Moderno. 23, 2, 2004, pp. 449-467.
• Planners and townspeople in the ancient and medieval Middle East. In: R. Arnzen, J. Thielmann (Ed.): Words, Texts and Concepts Cruising the Mediterranean Sea . Leuven 2004, pp. 523-536.
• Court and court life in the Middle Ages. In: H. Gaube, B. Schneidmüller, S. Weinfurter (Eds.): Confrontation of Culture? Saladin and the Crusaders . Mainz 2005, pp. 9-30.

literature

• Lorenz Korn, Eva Orthmann , Florian Schwarz: From Aleppo to Citadel: Heinz Gaube as a researcher and teacher. In this. (Ed.): The limits of the world. Arabica et Iranica ad honorem Heinz Gaube. Reichert, Wiesbaden 2008, pp. 5-9.

Web links

• Heinz Gaube lives and researches in the Sultanate of Oman