Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten

Heinz Halm

BRILL, 1996 - History - 452 pages

In the 9th century, a secret sect of the Ism?'?l's -- known in the Middle Ages under the name of Fatimids -- arose to play a prominent role in the history of the Near East. Their supreme head today is the Agha Khan. In this mesmerising book, Heinz Halm describes the early history of the Fatimids, from the founding and spread of the secret society to the rise of the caliphal dynasty to power in North Africa and the founding of Cairo, their capital.

Contents

• Introduction Fatimids and Ismailis: 1
• Chapter Two The Appearance of the Mahdi: 58
• Chapter Three The Caliph AlMahdi Billah 909934: 141
• Paradise: 250
• The Subjugation of the Maghrib: 264
• Chapter Four The Collapse of the Empire AlQaim biAmr: 275
• Chapter Five New Beginning AlMansur biNasr Allah: 310
• Chapter Six The Imam AlMuizz liDin Allah 953975: 338
• Sources: 423

About the author

Heinz Halm, Ph.D. (1967) in Islamic Studies, University of Bonn, is Professor of Islamic History at the University of Tubingen. He specialises in Shi ite Iran; his book "Shiism" appeared in an English translation in 1991. Michael Bonner, Ph.D. (1987) in Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University, is Associate Professor of Medieval Islamic History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His translation of A. Noth, "Quellenkritische Studien zu Themen, Formen und Tendenzen fruhislamischer Geschichtsuberlieferung" was published in 1994 as "The Early Arabic Historical Tradition."

Bibliographic information

• Title: Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten; HANDBOOK OF ORIENTAL STUDIES/HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK; Volume 26 of Handbook of Oriental Studies; Volume 26 of Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the near and Middle East Series; Handbuch der Orientalistik : Abt. 1, Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten / Handbuch der Orientalistik / 1; Volume 26 of Probleme Der Agyptologie; Volume 1, Issue 26 of The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids
• Author: Heinz Halm
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: BRILL, 1996
• ISBN: 9004100563, 9789004100565
• Length: 452 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Interior Design / General; History / Africa / General; History / Middle East / General