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Sumaiya A. Hamdani - Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid Statehood: Qadi al-Nu'man and the Construction of Fatimid Legitimacy (Institute of Ismaili Studies Ismaili Hertiage Series) - 9781850438823 - V9781850438823
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Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid Statehood: Qadi al-Nu'man and the Construction of Fatimid Legitimacy (Institute of Ismaili Studies Ismaili Hertiage Series)

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Description for Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid Statehood: Qadi al-Nu'man and the Construction of Fatimid Legitimacy (Institute of Ismaili Studies Ismaili Hertiage Series) Hardcover. Series: Ismaili Heritage Series. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3F; HBG; HBLC; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
I. B. Tauris in Association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
Number of pages
230
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Series
Ismaili Heritage Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850438823
SKU
V9781850438823
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About Sumaiya A. Hamdani
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.

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