The Fatimid empire
1. Verfasser: |
Brett, Michael.
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Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2017.
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Umfang/Format: |
viii, 339 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
Schriftenreihe: |
Edinburgh history of the Islamic empires
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Inhaltsangabe:
- 1. Introduction: The Fatimids in the perspective of the literature
- 2. The Mahdi: Faith and the formation of the dynastic state, 874-947
- 3. The Imam: Faith and the formation of the empire, 947-996
- 4. The Caliph: Faith and government, 973-1045
- 5. The crisis of empire, 1009-1074
- 6. The restoration of the Caliph and the repudiation of the Imam, 1074-1131
- 7. The demise of the Caliph, 1131-1171
- 8. The Fatimid empire in comparative perspective.