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The theocrat / Bensalem Himmich ; translated by Roger Allen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Himmich, Bensalem, author.
- Series:
- Modern Arabic literature.
- Modern Arabic literature
- Standardized Title:
- Majnun al-hukm. english
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arabic fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, [2005]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Theocrat takes as its subject one of Arab and Islamic history's most perplexing figures, al-Hakim bi-Amr Illah ("the ruler by order of God"), the Fatimid caliph who ruled Egypt during the tenth century and whose career was a direct reflection of both the tensions within the Islamic dominions as a whole and of the conflicts within his own mind. In this remarkable novel Bensalem Himmich explores these tensions and conflicts and their disastrous consequences on an individual ruler and on his people. Himmich does not spare his readers the full horror and tragedy of al-Hakim's reign, but in emp
- Notes:
- "A modern Arabic novel"--Cover.
- First published in Arabic in 1989 as Majnun-al-hukm.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 977-424-897-X
- 1-61797-202-9
- 1-61797-441-2
- OCLC:
- 932343920
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