Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid Statehood: Qadi al-Nu'man and the Construction of Fatimid Legitimacy (Ismaili Heritage)

Hamdani, Sumaiya A.

ISBN 10: 185043882X / ISBN 13: 9781850438823

Verlag: I. B. Tauris In Association With The Institute Of Ismaili Studies, 2006

Beschreibung

2007. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf wear. Very Good.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers SOL04978

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid Statehood: Qadi al-Nu'man and the Construction of Fatimid Legitimacy (Ismaili Heritage)
• Verlag: I. B. Tauris In Association With The Institute Of Ismaili Studies
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 185043882X
• ISBN-13: 9781850438823
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Used - Very Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Medieval, Middle East & Islamic Studies

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Inhaltsangabe

This book examines the most important writings of a tenth century Islamic theologian and jurist who was one of the most original thinkers of his period. It argues that Qadi al-Nu'man's works constituted new and vital genres in Ismaili Shi'i literature, an emergence necessitated by the Fatimids' transition from revolutionary movement to statehood, and by their desire to establish their authority as a Shi'i alternative to the Sunni Abbasid caliphate. Al-Nu'man, already famous in the Fatimid era, produced a legacy which consists of a school of law, historical and biographical works, new interpretations of Ismaili doctrine, and the formulation of a ceremonial language achieved through his work on court protocol. Between Revolution and State represents a sophisticated and readable analysis of one of the seminal figures of the Fatimid period.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Sumaiya A Hamdani received her PhD in Islamic history from Princeton University, specialising in the medieval Islam and the Fatimid caliphate. She is Associate Professor in the History and Art History Department of George Mason University, Virginia.