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050 0 0 _aDT173.B73 2017
090 _aDT173.B73 2017
100 1 _aBrett, Michael,
_d1934-
_eauthor.
_9205143
245 1 4 _aThe Fatimid Empire /
_cby Michael Brett.
264 1 _aEdinburgh :
_bEdinburgh University Press,
_c2017
300 _aviii, 339 pages :
_bcolor illustrations ;
_c25 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aThe Edinburgh history of the Islamic empires
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
520 _aThe Fatimid empire in North Africa, Egypt and Syria was at the centre of the political and religious history of the Islamic world in the Middle Ages, from the breakdown of the 'Abbasid empire in the tenth century, to the invasions of the Seljuqs in the eleventh and the Crusaders in the twelfth, leading up to its extinction by Saladin. As Imam and Caliph, the Fatimid sovereign claimed to inherit the religious and political authority of the Prophet, a claim which inspired the conquest of North Africa and Egypt and a following of believers as far away as India. The reaction this provoked was crucial to the political and religious evolution of mediaeval Islam. This book combines the separate histories of Isma'ilism, North Africa and Egypt with that of the dynasty into a coherent account. It then relates this account to the wider history of Islam to provide a narrative that establishes the historical significance of the empire.
650 0 _aFatimites
_xHistory.
_9205145
650 0 _aIsmailites
_xHistory.
_9205146
650 0 _aIslam
_zAfrica, North
_xHistory.
_9205147
650 0 _aIslam
_zEgypt
_xHistory.
_9205148
650 0 _aIslam
_zSyria
_xHistory.
_9205149
650 0 _aIslam
_zMiddle East
_xHistory.
_9205150
651 0 _aAfrica, North
_xHistory
_y647-1517.
_9205157
651 7 _aEgypt.
_2fast
_9205159
651 7 _aMiddle East.
_2fast
_9205160
830 0 _aEdinburgh history of the Islamic empires.
_9205163
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_cBOOK
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