Shainool Jiwa is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK and has lectured and published on Fatimid Studies for over three decades. She has published The Fatimids 1: The Rise of a Muslim Empire (2018) and co-edited The Shi'i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity (2015) and The Fatimid Caliphate: Diversity of Traditions (2017) as well as translating key medieval Arabic texts relating to Fatimid history. She holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Pithy, comprehensive and clearly expressed, this book brings together diverse strands of Fatimid cultural, religious and political history in a cohesive account. Books that speak to both general readers and experts are rare in academia. In achieving this feat with erudition and aplomb, Jiwa's book is an invaluable addition to the library of Fatimid studies.

• IntroductionChapter One: The Arrival of the Fatimids in Egypt Chapter Two: The Cosmopolitanism of EmpireChapter Three: The Pillars of Justice and LawChapter Four: Public Life and Learning in Cairo Chapter Five: The Empire of the SeasChapter Six: Fluctuations of Fatimid Rule Chapter Seven: The Heirs of EmpireConclusion: Glimpses of the Fatimid Legacy

Shainool Jiwa is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK and has lectured and published on Fatimid Studies for over three decades. She has published The Fatimids 1: The Rise of a Muslim Empire (2018) and co-edited The Shi'i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity (2015) and The Fatimid Caliphate: Diversity of Traditions (2017) as well as translating key medieval Arabic texts relating to Fatimid history. She holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Pithy, comprehensive and clearly expressed, this book brings together diverse strands of Fatimid cultural, religious and political history in a cohesive account. Books that speak to both general readers and experts are rare in academia. In achieving this feat with erudition and aplomb, Jiwa's book is an invaluable addition to the library of Fatimid studies.

• IntroductionChapter One: The Arrival of the Fatimids in Egypt Chapter Two: The Cosmopolitanism of EmpireChapter Three: The Pillars of Justice and LawChapter Four: Public Life and Learning in Cairo Chapter Five: The Empire of the SeasChapter Six: Fluctuations of Fatimid Rule Chapter Seven: The Heirs of EmpireConclusion: Glimpses of the Fatimid Legacy

Shainool Jiwa is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK and has lectured and published on Fatimid Studies for over three decades. She has published The Fatimids 1: The Rise of a Muslim Empire (2018) and co-edited The Shi'i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity (2015) and The Fatimid Caliphate: Diversity of Traditions (2017) as well as translating key medieval Arabic texts relating to Fatimid history. She holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Pithy, comprehensive and clearly expressed, this book brings together diverse strands of Fatimid cultural, religious and political history in a cohesive account. Books that speak to both general readers and experts are rare in academia. In achieving this feat with erudition and aplomb, Jiwa's book is an invaluable addition to the library of Fatimid studies.

• IntroductionChapter One: The Arrival of the Fatimids in Egypt Chapter Two: The Cosmopolitanism of EmpireChapter Three: The Pillars of Justice and LawChapter Four: Public Life and Learning in Cairo Chapter Five: The Empire of the SeasChapter Six: Fluctuations of Fatimid Rule Chapter Seven: The Heirs of EmpireConclusion: Glimpses of the Fatimid Legacy