An Apocalyptic History of the Early Fatimid Empire

Jamel Velji

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Jamel Velji, Claremont McKenna College

Publisher:: Edinburgh University Press
Online publication date:: September 2017
Print publication year:: 2016
Online ISBN:: 9780748690893

Subjects:: Middle East Studies, Islam, Area Studies, History, Religion, Middle East History

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This book investigates the ways in which a medieval Islamic movement harnessed Quranic visions of utopia to construct one of the most brilliant and lasting empires in Islamic history (979-1171).

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-x

Dedication
pp xi-xii

Introducing Ismaili Apocalypses
pp 1-13

1 - From ẓāhir to bāṭin: An Introduction to Fatimid Hermeneutics
pp 14-21

2 - Oaths, Taxes and Tithes: Organising an Imminent Utopia
pp 22-41

3 - Taʾwīl of an Apocalyptic Transcript I: The Book of Unveiling
pp 42-60

4 - Taʾwīl of an Apocalyptic Transcript II: The Book of Righteousness and True Guidance
pp 61-74

5 - To Temper an Imminent Eschatology: The Contributions of al-Mahdī and Qāḍī l-Nu ʿmān
pp 75-96

6 - A Spiritual Progression to a New Eschatological Centre: The Taʾwīl al-da ʿāʾim on the Hajj
pp 97-108

7 - Actualising the End: The Nizari Declaration of the Resurrection
pp 109-122

8 - From Movement to Text: The Haft-bāb
pp 123-141

Conclusion
pp 142-149

Bibliography
pp 150-161

Index of Names
pp 162-164

Subject Index
pp 165-172

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