The Fatimids: select papers on their governing institutions, social and cultural organization, religious appeal, and rivalries

"The chapters of this volume contain a series of detailed studies of various aspects of Fatimid rule in the regions of its Mediterranean and Near Eastern empire, 909 to 1171 AD, including separately the role of the imam-caliph, wazir, chief qadi and da i, and other political and public offices...

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Main Author: Walker, Paul E. 1941- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2023]
In: Handbook of Oriental studies (section 1, volume 172)
Year: 2023
Series/Journal:Handbook of Oriental studies The Near and Middle East* ; volume 172 section 1, volume 172
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Fatimidenreich / History
Further subjects:B Fatimites History
B Fatimites
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:"The chapters of this volume contain a series of detailed studies of various aspects of Fatimid rule in the regions of its Mediterranean and Near Eastern empire, 909 to 1171 AD, including separately the role of the imam-caliph, wazir, chief qadi and da i, and other political and public offices of this Shi i caliphate. Geographically it covers North Africa, Sicily, the Levant, Hijaz, Cairo and Egypt in the medieval period, with special attention to books, science and libraries, court society, festivals, intellectual traditions and Ismaili doctrines, its religious appeal, military, enemies and rivals, among them the Abbasids, Umayyads, and Ibadis"--
Item Description:beinhaltet bibliographische Referenzen und Index
Physical Description:VII, 459 Seiten
ISBN:9004548610