al-Muʼayyad al-Shīrāzī and Fatimid daʻwa poetry : a case of commitment in classical Arabic literature /

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Author / Creator:	Qutbuddin, Tahera.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 412 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English Arabic
Series:	Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts ; v. 57 Islamic history and civilization ; v. 57.
Subject:	Muʼayyad fī al-Dīn Hibat Allāh ibn Mūsá, -- -1077 or 1078 -- Criticism and interpretation. Muʼayyad fī al-Dīn Hibat Allāh ibn Mūsá, -- -1077 or 1078. Islamic poetry, Arabic -- History and criticism. Islamic poetry, Arabic. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11226504

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ISBN:	9789047406365 9047406362 1433704161 9781433704161 9004141030 9789004141032
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-399) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	'Al-Mu'ayyad al-Shirazi was a medieval Arabic-Islamic scholar and poet committed to the Fatimid religio-political ideology. Chief missionary for their Caliph-Imams, he founded the dynamic tradition of ''Fatimid da'wa (religious mission) poetry" that flourished after him for a thousand years through the succeeding?ayyibi da'wa and continues to thrive today. This study examines the manner in which al-Mu'ayyad's mission informed the aesthetic rules, motifs, structures, genres, motives, addressees, and aspirations of his poetry. It analyzes the characteristics of al-Mu'ayyad's verse that.
Other form:	Print version: Qutbuddin, Tahera. Al-Muʼayyad al-Shīrāzī and Fatimid daʻwa poetry. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005

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