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Orations of the Fatimid caliphs : festival sermons of the Ismaili imams : an edition of the Arabic texts and English translations of Fatimid khuṭbas / by Paul E. Walker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walker, Paul Ernest, 1941-
- Series:
- Ismaili texts and translations series (Institute of Ismaili Studies) ; 10.
- Ismaili texts and translations series (Institute of Ismaili Studies) ; 10
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Festival-day sermons--Egypt--History--To 1500.
- Festival-day sermons.
- Shīʻah--Sermons.
- Shīʻah.
- Imams (Shiites).
- History.
- Egypt.
- Imams (Shiites)--Egypt--History--To 1500.
- Genre:
- Sermons.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 162 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; London : In association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies ; New York : Distributed in the U.S.A. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Language Note:
- Text in English with sermons in Arabic and English translation.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Introductions
- Chapter 1 A History of the Fatimid Khutba 3
- Chapter 2 Rhetoric and Themes in the Surviving Khutbas 55
- Part Two The Khutbas
- 1 Khutba of al-Qa'im: On the 'Id al-fitr, 302 (19 April 915) at Alexandria 87
- 2 Khutba of al-Qa'im: Rajab 333 (March 945). During the siege of al-Mahdiyya. Read by al-Marwadhi 93
- 3 Khutba of al-Mansur: As wali li'l-'ahd (Heir-apparent) on the 'Id al-fitr, 334 (6 May 946) at al-Mahdiyya 95
- 4 Khutba of al-Mansur: On Friday 14 Muharram 335 (16 August 946). Read by Ja'far b. 'Ali, the Chamberlain, in the Mosque of Qayrawan 99
- 5 Khutba of al-Mansur: On the 'Id al-fitr, 335 (25 April 947). During the siege of Abu Yazid at Kiyana 101
- 6 Khutba of al-Mansur: On the 'Id al-adha, 335 (2 July 947). During the siege of Abu Yazid at Kiyana 107
- 7 Khutba of al-Mansur: On the 'Id al-fitr, 336 (14 April 948) at al-Mahdiyya 112
- 8 Khutba of al-Mansur: On the 'Id al-nahr, 336 (21 June 948) at al-Mahdiyya 120
- 9 Khutba of al-Ma'izz: On the 'Id al-nahr, 341 (28 April 953) at al-Mansuriyya 126
- 10 Khutba of al-Man'izz 135
- 11 Khutba of Qirwash: On 4 Muharram 401 (18 August 1010) at Mawsil 138
- 12 Khutba of al-Amir: On a Friday, during Ramadan 142
- 13 Khutba of al-Amir: On the 'Id al-fitr 146.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-157) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781845119911
- 1845119916
- OCLC:
- 268792642
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