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Book SynopsisA collection of essays on Ismaili and Fatimid studies in honour of Paul E. Walker, former Director of the American Research Center in Egypt.
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Table of Contents
Biography
Publications
Editor's Introduction
Hidden Imams and Mahdis in Ismaili History by Farhad Daftary
Kawn al-'Alam: The cosmogony of the Isma'ili da'i Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Nasafi by Wilferd Madelung
Maqriziana XII. Evaluating the Sources for the Fatimid Period: Ibn al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihis History and Its Use by al-Maqrizi (with a Critical Edition of His Résumé for the Years 501515 A.H.) by Frédéric Bauden
Sources for al-Qadi al-Nu'mans Works and Their Authenticity by Ismail K. Poonawala
Was Nasir-e Husraw a Great Poet and Only a Minor Philosopher? Some Critical Reflections on his Doctrine of the Soul by Daniel De Smet A Shi'i-Mu'tazili Poem of al-Sahib b. 'Abbad (d. 385/995) by Maurice A. Pomerantz
An Illustration of the Caliph al-Hakim together with his Astronomer/Astrologer Ibn Yunus by David A. King
The Almohads and the Fatimids by Maribel Fierro
Church Building, Repair, and Destruction in Fatimid Egypt by Marlis J. Saleh
Urban Violence at Baghdad in the Rivalry between the Abbasid and Fatimid Caliphates by Abbas Hamdani
