The Fatimids : select papers on their governing institutions, social and cultural organization, religious appeal, and rivalries / by Paul E. Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Paul Ernest, 1941- author.

Series:

Handbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section one: The Near and Middle East, 0169-9423 ; volume 172

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fatimites.

Fatimites--History.

fatimid.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 volume ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Walker, Paul Ernest, 1941- Fatimids

ISBN:

9789004548619

9004548610

OCLC:

1380458857