The Fatimid Caliphate: Diversity of Traditions

ISBN-13: 9781788311335 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 224 str.

Farhad Daftary; Shainool Jiwa

Opis

Examines Fatimid state - society relations and the distinctive nature of the Fatimid Empire

Spis treści

Introduction Farhad Daftary and Shainool Jiwa 1. The Early Ismaili Imamate: Background to the Establishment of the Fatimid Caliphate 2. The Baghdad Manifesto (402/1011): A Re-Examination of Fatimid-Abbasid Rivalry 3. Was the Fatimid Am?r al-Juy?sh in fact a Waz?r? 4. ‘Leading from the Middle’: Al-Q??? al-Nu?m?n on Female Prayer Leadership 5. Al-?ur??sh? and the Fatimids 6. Transmitting Sunni Learning in Fatimid Egypt: The Female Voices 7. The Fatimid Legacy and the Foundation of the Modern Niz?r? Imamate