Between revolution and state the path to Fatimid statehood : Qadi Al-Nuʻman and the construction of Fatimid legitimacy

This book examines some of the most important writings of al-Qadi al-Nuʻman, a tenth-century Islamic theologian and jurist who was one of the most original thinkers of his period. It argues that Qadi al-Nuʻman's work constituted new and vital genres in Ismaili Shiʻi literature, a development ne...

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Main Author: Hamdani, Sumaiya Abbas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London I.B. Tauris 2006
Series:Ismaili heritage series ; 11
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Call Number :BP 195.I8 H36 2006

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