Al-Hakim Mosque

Housni Alkhateeb Shehada, Ph.D. is a Senior Lecturer at The Academic College Levinsky-Wingate, Tel Aviv, and Bezalel, Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. His academic activities and interests concern classical Arabic and modern literature; Islamic history with particular attention to the treatment of animals; history of art, particularly Islamic art and architecture, and contemporary Palestinian art (including curations of exhibitions and their catalogues). He has also published two books of Arabic poetry.

This book deals with a fascinating topic, namely the messages conveyed by the structure of the mosque associated with the sixth Fāṭimid Imam-Caliph, al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh and in particular by the Qurʾānic verses adorning both the exterior and the interior. Richly illustrated, it has the potential of making a significant and original contribution to Islamic history and thought, Islamic art and architecture and Qurʾānic studies.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments Introduction1. The Early Fatimid Period and al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh2. The Daʿwa Apparatus and the Dissemination of Fatimid Religious Tenets during al-Ḥākim’s Reign3. The Mosque of al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh4. The Mosque's Inscriptions: Some General Remarks5. The Inscriptions of the Miḥrāb Area, the Central Dome and Central Passage6. The Inscriptions in the First Aisle (Riwāq) on Both Sides of the Miḥrāb Area, Including the Two Lateral Domes7. The Inscriptions in the Other Riwāqs (2–5) to the Right of the Central Passage8. The Inscriptions in the Other Riwāqs (2–5) to the Left of the Central Passage9. The External Inscriptions of the Mosque of al-ḤākimConclusions EpilogueBibliographyIndex