Michael Brett

Fatimid Empire (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From the 10th century to the end of the 12th century, the Fatimid Empire played a central, yet controversial, role in the history of Islam. This definitive account combines the histories of Isma'ilism, North Africa and Egypt with that of the dynasty. By relating it to the wider history of Islam, the Crusades and its theocratic counterparts in Byzantium and Western Europe, Brett shows the full historical significance of the empire. Topics covered include: the work of Ibn Khaldun; the relationship of tribal to civilian economy and society; the formation and evolution of the dynastic state; the relationship of the dynastic state to economy and society and questions of cultural change, specifically in relation to Arabisation and Islamisatio.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474421522
• Artikelnr.: 50403918

Autorenporträt

Michael Brett is Emeritus Reader in the History of North Africa at SOAS. His publications include The Moors: Islam in the West, 1980; (with L. Fentress) The Berbers (1996, with E. Fentress); Ibn Khaldun and the Medieval Maghrib, 1999; The Rise of the Fatimids, 2001; and Approaching African History, 2013, with contributions to the Cambridge History of Africa, the New Cambridge Medieval History, and The New Cambridge History of Islam.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Box Texts
List of Illustrations
Introduction: The Question of Empire
1. The Coming of the Mahdi
2. The City of the Mahdi
3. The Conquest of Egypt
4. The Constitution of the State
5. The Formation of the Empire
6. A Failure of Direction: The Reign of al-Óakim bi Amr Allah
7. The Regime of the Pen
8. The Crisis of the Empire
9. The Fatimid Renascence
10. The Reorientation of the Dynasty
11. The Final Failure
Conclusion: The Fatamids in Retrospect
Genealogy of Shi¿ite Imams
Genealogy of Fatimids
Bibliography
Index.