The advent of the fatimids : a contemporary Shiʿi witness

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The advent of the fatimids : a contemporary Shiʿi witness

an edition and English translation of Ibn al-Haytham's Kitāb al-Munāẓarāt by Wlifred Madelung and Paul E. Walker

(Ismaili texts and translations series, 1)

I.B.Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2001

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The advent of the fatimids : a contemporary Shiʿi witness : an edition and English translation of Ibn al-Haytham's Kitāb al-Munāẓarāt

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Parallel Arabic text and English translation

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This work is a personal memoir composed by a medieval scholar in which he records details of his discourse with two Ismaili leaders who spearheaded the Fatimid revolution in North Africa in 909-10. By reporting at first hand the thoughts and activities of Abu `Abdallah al-Shi'i and his brother Abu'l-Abbas over a period of seven months, Ibn al-Haytham in his "Kitab al-Munazarat" (The Book of Discussions) provides an insider's view to our understanding of the foundations of the Fatimid state.

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