An Apocalyptic History of the Early Fatimid Empire

How can religion transform a society? This book investigates the ways in which a medieval Islamic movement harnessed Quranic visions of utopia to construct one of the most brilliant and lasting empires in Islamic history (979-1171). The Fatimids' apocalyptic vision of their central place in an...

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Main Author: Velji, Jamel A. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2016]
In:Year: 2016
Series/Journal:Edinburgh studies in Islamic apocalypticism and eschatology
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Fatimidenreich / Development / Apocalypticism
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
Further subjects:B Islam (Africa, North) History
B Africa, North History 647-1517
B Fatimites History
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