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The Fatimid Empire /

A complete history of the Fatimids, showing the significance of the empire to Islam and the wider worldThe Fatimid empire in North Africa, Egypt and Syria was at the centre of the political and religious history of the Islamic world in the Middle Ages, from the breakdown of the 'Abbasid empire...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brett, Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Colección:The Edinburgh History of the Islamic Empires : EHIE
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Boxes
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction: The Question of Empire
  • 1. The Coming of the Mahdī
  • 2. The City of the Mahdī
  • 3. The Conquest of Egypt
  • 3. The Conquest of Egypt
  • 5. The Formation of the Empire
  • 6. A Failure of Direction: The Reign of al-Óākim bi Amr Allāh
  • 7. The Regime of the Pen
  • 8. The Crisis of the Empire
  • 9. The Fatimid Renascence
  • 10. The Reorientation of the Dynasty
  • 11. The Final Failure
  • Conclusion: The Fatimids in Retrospect
  • Genealogy of Shīʿite Imāms
  • Genealogy of Fatimids
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Persons
  • Index of Dynasties, Peoples and Sects
  • Index of Places
  • Index of Subjects