Founding the Fatimid State: The Rise of an Early Islamic Empire

by Hamid Haji

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850438854
• ISBN13: 9781850438854
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.8"