The Fatimid empire /
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| Author / Creator: | Brett, Michael, author. |
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| Imprint: | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017] ©2017 |
| Description: | viii, 339 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Edinburgh history of the Islamic empires Edinburgh history of the Islamic empires. |
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| Format: | Map Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11005391 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Boxes
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction: The Question of Empire
- 1. The Coming of the Mahdi
- 2. The City of the Mahdi
- 3. The Conquest of Egypt
- 4. The Constitution of the State
- 5. The Formation of the Empire
- 6. A Failure of Direction: The Reign of al-Hakim bi Amr Allah
- 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 Shi&lhookipa;ite Imams
- Genealogy of Fatimids
- Bibliography
- Index of Persons
- Index of Dynasties, Peoples and Sects
- Index of Places
- Index of Subjects