Ismaili and Fatimid Studies in Honor of Paul E. Walker

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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A collection of essays on Ismaili and Fatimid studies in honour of Paul E. Walker, former Director of the American Research Center in Egypt.

Biography Publications Editor's Introduction Hidden Imams and Mahdis in Ismaili History by Farhad Daftary Kawn al-'Alam: The cosmogony of the Isma'ili da'i Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Nasafi by Wilferd Madelung Maqriziana XII. Evaluating the Sources for the Fatimid Period: Ibn al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihis History and Its Use by al-Maqrizi (with a Critical Edition of His Résumé for the Years 501515 A.H.) by Frédéric Bauden Sources for al-Qadi al-Nu'mans Works and Their Authenticity by Ismail K. Poonawala Was Nasir-e Husraw a Great Poet and Only a Minor Philosopher? Some Critical Reflections on his Doctrine of the Soul by Daniel De Smet A Shi'i-Mu'tazili Poem of al-Sahib b. 'Abbad (d. 385/995) by Maurice A. Pomerantz An Illustration of the Caliph al-Hakim together with his Astronomer/Astrologer Ibn Yunus by David A. King The Almohads and the Fatimids by Maribel Fierro Church Building, Repair, and Destruction in Fatimid Egypt by Marlis J. Saleh Urban Violence at Baghdad in the Rivalry between the Abbasid and Fatimid Caliphates by Abbas Hamdani