The Fatimids and Their Successors in Yaman: The History of an Islamic Community
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Fatimids and Their Successors in Yaman: The History of an Islamic Community
By (Author) Paul E. Walker
Edited by Alex Pomerantz
Edited by Ayman Fu'ad Sayyid
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
I.B. Tauris
19th December 2002
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
General and world history
Islam
909.097671
Physical Properties
Hardback
120
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
The "Uyun al-akhbar" is the most complete extant text by an Ismaili author on the history of the Ismaili community from its origins up to Idris 'Imad al-Din's own time in the 15th century. The seventh volume, edited here together with a summary English translation, deals in particular with the period of the three Fatimid caliphs - al-Mustansir, al-Musta'li and al-Amir - in addition to the Tayyibi Ismaili community in Yemen.
Reviews
.".".remarkable for its accuracy in every respect...a fine piece of scholarship...""--Caesar E. Farah, Digest of Middle East Studies
Author Bio
Ayman Fu'ad Sayyid was a director of the Egyptian National Library and has taught Islamic history at universities in Cairo, Paris and Tokyo. Paul Walker is an historian of ideas affiliated with the University of Chicago. Maurice Alex Pomerantz is a PhD candidate in Islamic History at the University of Chicago.
