Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2006
- ISBN
- 9781850438854
- Book Title
- Founding the Fatimid State : the Rise of an Early Islamic Empire
- Book Series
- Ismaili Texts and Translations Ser.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Author
- Hamid Haji
- Genre
- Religion, History
- Topic
- Africa / North, Islam / General, Middle East / General, Islam / Shi’a, Middle East / Egypt (See Also Ancient / Egypt)
- Item Weight
- 16.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 280 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
I. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited
ISBN-10
1850438854
ISBN-13
9781850438854
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44784068
Product Key Features
Book Title
Founding the Fatimid State : the Rise of an Early Islamic Empire
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Africa / North, Islam / General, Middle East / General, Islam / Shi’a, Middle East / Egypt (See Also Ancient / Egypt)
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, History
Book Series
Ismaili Texts and Translations Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
16.7 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-432073
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
909.0976701
Edition Description
Annotated edition
Synopsis
Covering a major work of one of the most important thinkers of early Islam, this is a fresh translation of a text of inestimable importance to our understanding of Fatimid rule that will appeal to all serious students of early Islamic history and culture. This book, the “Iftitah al-Da’wa”, is the most important primary source for the emergence of the Fatimid state in the early years of the tenth century. Its author, Qadi al-Nu’man, was an official historian of the Fatimids and an eminent exponent of Ismaili jurisprudence – as well as being perhaps the most distinguished and creative of all the Fatimid thinkers. The “Iftitah” is al-Nu’man’s major historical work, and records in detail the background to the establishment of the Fatimid state, first in Yemen and then in north Africa. It is based on official archival and biographical documents that were accessible to the author at the time, and which have not survived. It is thus a highly significant resource for understanding the social and political conditions which prevailed when the Fatimids began to consolidate their rule., This is an annotated English translation of Qadi al-Nu’man’s “Iftitah” “al-de’ wa.” This book is the most important primary source for the emergence of the Fatimid state in the early years of the tenth century. Its author, Qadi al-Nu’man, was an official historian of the Fatimids and an eminent exponent of Ismaili jurisprudence–as well being perhaps the most distinguished and creative of all the Fatimid thinkers. The “Iftitah” is al-Nu’man’s major historical work, and records in detail the background to the establishment of the Fatimid state, first in Yemen and then in north Africa. It is based on official archival and biographical documents that were accessible to the author at the time, and which have not survived.
LC Classification Number
DS38.14
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