Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Analytical table of contents
- List of figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the text
- Abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 WORKING THE PROPAGANDA SPINDLE
- 2 FAMILY TIES: WOMEN AND GENEALOGY IN FATIMID DYNASTIC HISTORY
- 3 INSIDE THE PALACE WALLS: LIFE AT COURT
- 4 BATTLEAXES AND FORMIDABLE AUNTIES
- 5 WOMEN OF SUBSTANCE IN THE FATIMID COURTS
- 6 OUTSIDE THE PALACE WALLS: DAILY LIFE
- CONCLUSIONS
- APPENDICES
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix 2
from APPENDICES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Analytical table of contents
- List of figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the text
- Abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 WORKING THE PROPAGANDA SPINDLE
- 2 FAMILY TIES: WOMEN AND GENEALOGY IN FATIMID DYNASTIC HISTORY
- 3 INSIDE THE PALACE WALLS: LIFE AT COURT
- 4 BATTLEAXES AND FORMIDABLE AUNTIES
- 5 WOMEN OF SUBSTANCE IN THE FATIMID COURTS
- 6 OUTSIDE THE PALACE WALLS: DAILY LIFE
- CONCLUSIONS
- APPENDICES
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
'Abbāsids: dynasty of caliphs (132/749–656/1258), descendants from the uncle of the Prophet Muḥammad, al-'Abbās b. 'Abd al-Muṭṭalib.
Aghlabids: dynasty (184/800–296/909) that ruled part of North Africa prior to the advent of the Fāṭimids.
Ahl al-Bayt: lit. the people of the house; the Prophet's household, typically including in Shī'ī context: Muḥammad, 'Alī, Fāṭima, al-Ḥasan, al-Ḥusayn and their progeny.
ahl al-dhimma: see dhimmī (q.v.).
'Alīds: the descendants of 'Alī b. Abī Ṭālib, cousin and husband of Fāṭima, the Prophet's daughter. 'Alī became the fourth caliph following Muḥammad's death and first Shī'ī imam.
'ālima: learned woman, particularly in religious sciences.
'āmma: the common, ordinary people; but also 'āmm in the sense of ‘public’ as opposed to ‘private’, khāṣṣa (q.v.).
'āshūrā': Shī'ī day of atonement on 10 Muḥarram, commemorating the martyrdom of the imam al-Ḥusayn.
awliyā': lit. ‘friends’, usually referring to the Ismā'īlī devotees.
Ayyūbids: dynasty that ruled Egypt immediately after the demise of the Fāṭimids until 660/1260.
bāb: lit. gate, door; the highest rank after the imam in Fāṭimid Ismā'īlī da'wa hierarchy, often equivalent to dā'ī al-du'āt (q.v.).
bāligh: legal term to indicate maturity and legal competence.
bāṭin: esoteric meaning behind the exoteric wording of sacred texts and religious laws. Bāṭinis or Bāṭiniyya are those people, mostly Shī'ī, who uphold this belief.
batūl: pure, virgin. An adjective particularly used for Fāṭima, the Prophet's daughter, and for Mary, the mother of Jesus.
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- Women and the Fatimids in the World of Islam , pp. 239 - 243Publisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2006