The Empire of the Mahdi

The Rise of the Fatimids

Heinz Halm (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

480 Seiten

2023
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-54426-0 (ISBN)

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This book provides a detailed description of the history of the Ismā‘īlī sect and caliphal dynasty, the Fatimids, in North Africa (875-973).

In the 9th century, a secret sect of the Ismā‘īlīs -- known in the Middle Ages under the name of Fatimids -- arose to play a prominent role in the history of the Near East. Their supreme head today is the Agha Khan. In this mesmerising book, Heinz Halm describes the early history of the Fatimids, from the founding and spread of the secret society to the rise of the caliphal dynasty to power in North Africa and the founding of Cairo, their capital.

Heinz Halm, Ph.D. (1967) in Islamic Studies, University of Bonn, is Emiritus Professor of Islamic History at the University of Tübingen. He specialises in Shi‘ite Iran; his book Shiism appeared in an English translation in 1991. Michael Bonner, Ph.D. (1987) in Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University, was Associate Professor of Medieval Islamic History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His translation of A. Noth, Quellenkritische Studien zu Themen, Formen und Tendenzen frühislamischer Geschichtsüberlieferung was published in 1994 as The Early Arabic Historical Tradition.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.02.2023
Übersetzer	Michael Bonner
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	831 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
ISBN-10	90-04-54426-7 / 9004544267
ISBN-13	978-90-04-54426-0 / 9789004544260
Zustand	Neuware