Transcultural Approaches to the Concept of Imperial Rule in the Middle Ages [PDF]
During the Middle Ages, rulers from different regions aspired to an idea of imperial hegemony. On the other hand, there were rulers who deliberately refused to be «emperors», although their reign showed characteristics of imperial rule. The contributions
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A patron of men: Sitt al-Mulk and the military at the Fatimid court [PDF]
In this paper I will contextually analyse the multiple levels of engagement that are reported to have occurred between the princess Sitt al-Mulk and the military with a view to raise questions regarding the nature of authority that might have enabled ...
Cortese, D., Cortese, D.
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Analysis of the Effective Features on Improving the Performance of the Fatimid's Da'wat Organization (567-297 A. H) [PDF]
Da'wat organization, as the biggest propaganda means of Fatimid caliphate (567-297 A. H), was responsible for the important task of spreading and propagating Ismaili teachings and providing the grounds for Fatimid domination as the only legitimate ...
Raziyeh Ansari +2 more
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Transmitting sunnī learning in Fāṭimid Egypt: the female voices [PDF]
In this paper I propose to investigate the contribution of women as transmitters of Sunnī learning in Egypt under the Fāṭimids as part of a broader project I am conducting on the intellectual history of Sunnism in Fāṭimid Egypt.
Cortese, D., Cortese, D.
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The Red Sea under the Caliphal Dynasties, c. 639–1171 [PDF]
Students of world history will be familiar with the Red Sea as a strategic communications corridor linking the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. This paper examines the Red Sea region between the seventh and twelfth centuries, when it was ruled by a ...
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The 11th (A.H.4th) century when the Seljukites emerged in the historical scene was an era of sectarian conflict in the region where they began to expand. This led the Seljukites to adapt a regional policy such as supporting the majority Sunnis against
Cağfer Karadaş
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Fatimid Secular Architecture: a Visual Reconstruction
The Fatimid dynasty was established in the Tenth century in what is modern day Tunis. Their capital was founded in the city of Al-Mahdya from which they expand- ed their realm to encompass North Africa and Egypt.
Ahmed Wahby, Mona A. Marie
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Economic Reasons and Causes for Inclination towards the Fatimids in al ه Ifrighiyyah and al ه Maghrib [PDF]
Many reasons and causes led to the establishment of the Fatimid Khilafah in al ه Ifrighiyyah )Muslim Africa( in 792 AH. Among all such reasons, economic ones have not been taken very seriously by historians though the significance of such causes is by no
Mohammad Ali Chelongar
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Lost and found: the Sarguẕasht-i Sayyid-nā. Facts and fiction of Ḥasan-i Ṣabbāḥ’s travel to Egypt vis-à-vis the political and intellectual life of 5th/11th century Fāṭimid Cairo [PDF]
In the year AH 469/1076 CE, a still young and recently initiated to Ismailism Ḥasan-i Ṣabbāḥ (d. AH 518/1124 CE) reportedly left the city of Rayy in Iran to embark on a journey that was to take him to the Fatimid capital, al-Qāhira.Ḥasan's experience in ...
Cortese, D., Cortese, D.
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Byzantine Reconquista (10th–11th Centuries) and the Attacks on Christians in the Lands of Islam (Egypt, Syria and Iraq) [PDF]
The paper discusses a wave of attacks on Christians in the lands of Islam that accompanied Byzantine victories on the battlefield in 10th–11th centuries, including pogroms and attacks in the capital of Egypt, Antioch, Alexandria, and Daqūqā’, which were ...
Maciej Czyż
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