I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
Covering a major work of one of the most important thinkers of early Islam, this is a fresh translation of a text of inestimable importance to our understanding of Fatimid rule that will appeal to all serious students of early Islamic history and culture. This book, the "Iftitah al-Da'wa", is the most important primary source for the emergence of the Fatimid state in the early years of the tenth century. Its author, Qadi al-Nu'man, was an official historian of the Fatimids and an eminent exponent of Ismaili jurisprudence - as well as being perhaps the most distinguished and creative of all the Fatimid thinkers. The "Iftitah" is al-Nu'man's major historical work, and records in detail the background to the establishment of the Fatimid state, first in Yemen and then in north Africa. It is based on official archival and biographical documents that were accessible to the author at the time, and which have not survived. It is thus a highly significant resource for understanding the social and political conditions which prevailed when the Fatimids began to consolidate their rule.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Maps and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Introduction
- Translation of Iftitah al-da'wa: Commencement of the Mission
- 1. Account of the beginning of the mission in the Yemen
- 2. Anecdotes about Abu al-Qasim
- 3. Forerunners sent to the Maghrib before the dais arrival
- 4. The arrival of Abu Abd Allah
- 5. Abu 'Abd Allah's meeting with Kutama tribesmen in Makka
- 6. Abu 'Abd Allah's arrival in Kutama territory
- 7. Ibrahim b.Ahmad's reply to Musa b. Abbas
- 8. The uprising of the coalition of Kutama against Abu 'Abd Allah to seize him in Ikjan
- 9. Abu 'Abd Allah's departure from Ikjan and his journey to Tazrut
- 10. Meeting of the coalition to resolve the case of Abu 'Abd Allah
- 11. Offensive by all tribes against Abu 'Abd Allah and his victory over them
- 12. Abu 'Abd Allah's founding at Tazrut, refuge and a base for wars against tribes
- 13. Abu 'Abd Allah reign over the Kutama
- 14. The conquest of the town of Mila
- 15. Abu Hawal's military expedition to Kutama
- 16. Abu Hawal's second military expedition and defeat
- 17. Al-Mahdi's emigration and arrival in Sijilmasa
- 18. The conquest of the town of Satif
- 19. Ziyadat Allah's dispatching Ibrahim b. Habashi to Kutama to fight Abu 'Abd Allah
- 20. The conquest of the town of Tubna
- 21. The conquest of the town of Billizma
- 22. The battle of Dar Maluwwal
- 23. The conquest of the town of Tijis
- 24. Ziyadat Allah's comforting addresses to the provinces
- 25. Ziyadat Allah's setting out at the head of the troops for al-Urbus
- 26. The conquest of the town of Baghaya
- 27. Abu 'Abd Allah's battles at Majjana
- 28. The battle of Dar Madyan
- 29. The conquest of Qastiliya and Qafsa
- 30. Conquest of al-Urbus and Ibn Abi al-Aghlab's defeat
- 31. Ziyadat Allah's flight from Raqqada
- 32. Ibrahim b. Abi al-Aghlab's arrival in al-Qayrawan
- 33. Abu 'Abd Allah's arrival in Ifriqiya
- 34. Abu 'Abd Allah's safety granted to the populace
- 35. Ziyadat Allah's arrival in the east and his death
- 36. Abu 'Abd Allah's conquest of Sijilmasa and al-Mahdi's departure
- 37. Al-Mahdi's arrival in Ifriqiya
- 39. Hypocrites against al-Mahdi and the outcome
- 40. Inhabitants of Ifriqiya - their betrayal and punishment
- 41. The death of al-Mahdi
- 42. Summary after the death of al-Mahdi
- Bibliography
- Index
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