The Fatimids : Tome 1, The rise of a muslim empire - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 178453935X ISBN 13 : 9781784539351

Editeur : I.B. Tauris, 2017

Synopsis

Emerging from a period of long seclusion, in the year 909 the leader of the burgeoning community of Ismaili Shi i Muslims was declared the first Fatimid Imam-caliph. Abd Allah al-Mahdi founded the only sustained Shi'i dynasty (909 1171) to rule over substantial parts of the medieval Muslim world, rivalling both the Umayyads of Spain and the Abbasids. At its peak, the Fatimid Empire extended from the Atlantic shores of North Africa, across the southern Mediterranean and down both sides of the Red Sea, covering also Mecca and Medina. This accessible history, the first of two volumes, tells the story of the birth and expansion of the Fatimid Empire in the tenth century. Drawing upon recently available eyewitness accounts, Shainool Jiwa introduces the first four generations of Fatimid Imam-caliphs   al-Mahdi, al-Qa'im, al-Mansur and al-Mu izz as well as the people who served them and those they struggled against. Readers are taken on a journey through the Fatimid capitals of Qayrawan, Mahdiyya and Mansuriyya and on to the founding of Cairo. In this lively and comprehensive introduction, we discover various milestones in Fatimid history and the political and cultural achievements that continue to resonate today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Shainool Jiwa is a senior faculty member at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. As a specialist on the Fatimids, she has written and lectured extensively on medieval Islamic history and has edited and translated key medieval Arabic texts relating to Fatimid history, including The Founder of Cairo (2013) and Towards a Shi'i Mediterranean Empire (2009). Dr Jiwa is also the co-editor of The Shi'i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity (2015).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: I.B. Tauris
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 178453935X
• ISBN 13: 9781784539351
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible