Memoirs of a Mission: The Ismaili Scholar, Statesman and Poet, Al-Mu-ayyad Fi'l-Din Al-Shirazi: v. 9 (Ismaili Heritage Series) - Hardcover

Klemm, Verena

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ISBN 10: 1850434220 ISBN 13: 9781850434221

Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL, 2003

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Al-Mu'ayyad fi'l-DIn al-ShIrzI (died 470/1087), was an outstanding, multi-talented Fatimid scholar of Persian origin. He excelled as a missionary-agent, statesman, poet, preacher and theologian. Based on his autobiography, this work provides an insight into the remarkable life and achievements of al-Mu'ayyad through the important stages of his career, describing his daring attempt to win over the Buyids of western Iraq to the Fatimid cause, his dangerous flight to Cairo and finally his expedition to Syria and Iraq to build up an alliance of local rulers against the invading Saljuk Turks. The author demonstrates that in addition to being an intriguing personal account, the life of al-Mu'ayyad is a rich source of Islamic history in the 5/llth century, which deals with crucial events in the struggle between the Fatimids, Abbasids, Buyids and Saljuks for supremacy in the Muslim world.

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Verena Klemm obtained her Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from the University of Tubingen, Germany. A specialist in Arabic literature and modern Arabic literary discourse, she is the author of 'Die Mission des fatimidschen Agenten al- Mu'ayyad fi'd-dIn in airzz', and a number of other studies in German and English.

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• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1850434220
• ISBN 13: 9781850434221
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 182