Founding the Fatimid State
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Founding the Fatimid State

The Rise of an Early Islamic Empire

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Founding the Fatimid State

The Rise of an Early Islamic Empire

About this book

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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Information

Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Year
2006
Print ISBN
9781850438854
eBook ISBN
9780857712721
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Middle Eastern History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Maps and Tables
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Chronology
  6. Introduction
  7. Translation of Iftitah al-da'wa: Commencement of the Mission
  8. 1. Account of the beginning of the mission in the Yemen
  9. 2. Anecdotes about Abu al-Qasim
  10. 3. Forerunners sent to the Maghrib before the dais arrival
  11. 4. The arrival of Abu Abd Allah
  12. 5. Abu 'Abd Allah's meeting with Kutama tribesmen in Makka
  13. 6. Abu 'Abd Allah's arrival in Kutama territory
  14. 7. Ibrahim b.Ahmad's reply to Musa b. Abbas
  15. 8. The uprising of the coalition of Kutama against Abu 'Abd Allah to seize him in Ikjan
  16. 9. Abu 'Abd Allah's departure from Ikjan and his journey to Tazrut
  17. 10. Meeting of the coalition to resolve the case of Abu 'Abd Allah
  18. 11. Offensive by all tribes against Abu 'Abd Allah and his victory over them
  19. 12. Abu 'Abd Allah's founding at Tazrut, refuge and a base for wars against tribes
  20. 13. Abu 'Abd Allah reign over the Kutama
  21. 14. The conquest of the town of Mila
  22. 15. Abu Hawal's military expedition to Kutama
  23. 16. Abu Hawal's second military expedition and defeat
  24. 17. Al-Mahdi's emigration and arrival in Sijilmasa
  25. 18. The conquest of the town of Satif
  26. 19. Ziyadat Allah's dispatching Ibrahim b. Habashi to Kutama to fight Abu 'Abd Allah
  27. 20. The conquest of the town of Tubna
  28. 21. The conquest of the town of Billizma
  29. 22. The battle of Dar Maluwwal
  30. 23. The conquest of the town of Tijis
  31. 24. Ziyadat Allah's comforting addresses to the provinces
  32. 25. Ziyadat Allah's setting out at the head of the troops for al-Urbus
  33. 26. The conquest of the town of Baghaya
  34. 27. Abu 'Abd Allah's battles at Majjana
  35. 28. The battle of Dar Madyan
  36. 29. The conquest of Qastiliya and Qafsa
  37. 30. Conquest of al-Urbus and Ibn Abi al-Aghlab's defeat
  38. 31. Ziyadat Allah's flight from Raqqada
  39. 32. Ibrahim b. Abi al-Aghlab's arrival in al-Qayrawan
  40. 33. Abu 'Abd Allah's arrival in Ifriqiya
  41. 34. Abu 'Abd Allah's safety granted to the populace
  42. 35. Ziyadat Allah's arrival in the east and his death
  43. 36. Abu 'Abd Allah's conquest of Sijilmasa and al-Mahdi's departure
  44. 37. Al-Mahdi's arrival in Ifriqiya
  45. 39. Hypocrites against al-Mahdi and the outcome
  46. 40. Inhabitants of Ifriqiya - their betrayal and punishment
  47. 41. The death of al-Mahdi
  48. 42. Summary after the death of al-Mahdi
  49. Bibliography
  50. Index