The Advent of the Fatimids: A Contemporary Shi'i Witness (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781860645518)

Vendor: Paul E. Walker
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The Advent of the Fatimids: A Contemporary Shi'i Witness

$61.00

The Advent of the Fatimids: A Contemporary Shi'i Witness

$61.00
Format: Hardcover
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This work is a personal memoir composed by a medieval scholar in which he records details of his discourse with two Ismaili leaders who spearheaded the Fatimid revolution in North Africa in 909-10. By reporting at first hand the thoughts and activities of Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i and his brother Abu'l-Abbas over a period of seven months, Ibn al-Haytham in his "Kitab al-Munazarat" (The Book of Discussions) provides an insider's view to our understanding of the foundations of the Fatimid state.

Author: Paul E. Walker
ISBN-10: 1860645518
ISBN-13: 9781860645518
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Language: English
Published: 01/31/2000
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 8.79h x 5.75w x 1.28d
By Paul E. Walker
By Paul E. Walker
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Wilfred Madelung is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Ismaili Studies in London.
Paul E. Walker is an historian of ideas at the University of Chicago.

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