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"The chapters of this volume contain a series of detailed studies of various aspects of Fatimid rule in the regions of its Mediterranean and Near Eastern empire, 909 to 1171 AD, including separately the role of the imam-caliph, wazir, chief qadi and da i, and other political and public offices of this Shi i caliphate. Geographically it covers North Africa, Sicily, the Levant, Hijaz, Cairo and Egypt in the medieval period, with special attention to books, science and libraries, court society, festivals, intellectual traditions and Ismaili doctrines, its religious appeal, military, enemies and rivals, among them the Abbasids, Umayyads, and Ibadis"--

Studies of a Shi i caliphate and Fatimid rule over its Mediterranean and Near Eastern empire, 909 to 1171 AD. Separate chapters cover books, science and libraries, court society, festivals, intellectual traditions and Ismaili doctrines, its religious appeal, military, enemies and rivals.
Contents


List of Abbreviations





Introduction





Part 1: Institutions of Government


1 The Role of the Imam-caliph as Depicted in Official Treatises and
Documents





2 Was the Fatimid Amr al-Juysh in fact a Wazr?





3 The Relationship between Chief Q and Chief D





4 The Responsibilities of Political Office in a Sh Caliphate and the
Delineation of Public Duties





5 Kutma, Kalbids and Other Westerners: The Maghriba in Cairo





6 Egyptian Popular Festivals





7 Alexandria as an Entrepôt in the East-West Exchange of Islamic Scholarship





8 Royal Libraries and the Production of Texts





Part 2: Society and Culture


9 Social Elites at the Court





10 The Caliph al-Azz and His Daughter Sitt Al-Mulk: A Case of Delayed but
Eventual Succession to Rule by a Woman





11 Intellectual Currents and Traditions





12 Literary Culture





13 The Pitti Palace Rock Crystal Ewer and the Sordid Story of How and Why It
Came to Exist





14 Al-kim and the Dhimms





Part 3: Religious Appeal


15 The Doctrine of Tawl in Fatimid Ismaili Texts





16 To What Degree Was Classical Ismaili Esotericism Based on Reason as
Opposed to Authority?





17 Techniques for Guarding and Restricting Esoteric Knowledge in the Ismaili
dawa





18 Science in the Service of the Fatimids and Their Dawa





19 An Ismaili Answer to the Problem of Worshiping the Unknowable, Neoplatonic
God





Part 4: Rivalries


20 Ismaili Polemics Against their Opponents





21 Islamic Ritual Preaching (Khubas) in a Contested Arena: Shs and
Sunns, Fatimids and Abbasids





22 Portrayals of the Umayyads in Official Pronouncements and in Dawa
Literature





23 Conflict with the Ibs and the Ib Version of the Imamate in North
Africa and in the East





24 The Abbasid-Fatimid Rivalry for Control of the Holy Cities and the Hijz
Response


Bibliography of Works Cited in the Text or Notes




Index
Paul E. Walker (Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1974) was director of the American Research Center in Cairo for over ten years (1976-86). He is currently Deputy Director for Academic Programs, Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago.