Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics and Religion by Bilotto, Gregory

Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics and Religion (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780755657797)

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Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics and Religion by Bilotto, Gregory

Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics and Religion

$130.00
Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics and Religion by Bilotto, Gregory

Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics and Religion

$130.00
Format: Hardcover
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I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies has published the following work as open access.

The Fatimid caliphs (297-567/909-1171), who were also the Ismaili Imams, reigned over a vast state stretching from North Africa (including Egypt) to Sicily, Syria and the Hijaz. Under Fatimid patronage, the arts and sciences flourished alongside Ismaili thought and literature.

An extensive trade network was centred on their capital, Cairo, facilitating cosmopolitan exchange across their caliphate, the Mediterranean and other lands. This led to innovation in the production of decorative arts, monumental building programmes, international commerce and significant intellectual exchange.

The original research of 22 scholars is here organised into four sections on aspects of Fatimid cosmopolitanism, covering religion and statecraft, the Fatimid legacy reconsidered, ceremony and symbolism and art and archaeology.

Contributors to this volume include Ali Asgar Hussamuddin Alibhai, Khalil Andani, Dina Ishak Bakhoum, Daniel Beben, Doris Behrens-Abouseif, Gregory Bilotto, Anna Contadini, Delia Cortese, Farhad Daftary, Valérie Gonzalez, Shainool Jiwa, Hasan al-Khoee, Juan de Lara, Ayala Lester, Bernard O'Kane, Marcus Pilz, Stéphane Pradines, Jennifer A. Pruitt, Yossef Rapoport, Paula Sanders, Avinoam Shalem, Yasser Tabbaa, Jamel A. Velji and Paul E. Walker.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Author: Gregory Bilotto
ISBN-10: 0755657799
ISBN-13: 9780755657797
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Language: English
Published: 10/16/2025
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d
By Gregory Bilotto
By Gregory Bilotto
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GREGORY BILOTTO, an art historian and archaeologist, is currently associate curator of early Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and an associate lecturer at The Institute of Ismaili Studies.

FARHAD DAFTARY is Director Emeritus and a governor at The Institute of Ismaili Studies. An authority on Ismaili studies, he has written and edited 27 books in this field, including The Isma'ilis (1990; 2007), and he is also the general editor of several academic series.

SHAINOOL JIWA is Associate Professor at The Institute of Ismaili Studies. She is a specialist in Fatimid studies, a field in which she has published and taught extensively.

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