State and Society in Fatimid Egypt (Arab History and Civilization : Studies and Texts, Vol. 1) - Hardcover
Fatimid history is a chapter of both Mediterranean and Islamic history. In the period covered by the book (10th-12th centuries) profound changes took place in the Eastern Mediterranean affecting the history of the region.
Divided into three parts this study deals with the political history of the Fatimid period, the structure of the Fatimid state and the interplay between state and society.
The book is a contribution to the study of Islamic military history addressing such topics as: the formation and upkeep of black slave armies, the role of Christian-Armenian troops in twelfth-century Egypt and military and naval aspects of the Fatimid wars with the Crusaders. Other topics examined are the internal policies of the Fatimid state: notably, among them, the religious policies of the Fatimid regime, the involvement of the state in the urban life of the Fatimid capital city, Fustat-Cairo, and Fatimid attitudes toward non-Muslim communities.
Divided into three parts this study deals with the political history of the Fatimid period, the structure of the Fatimid state and the interplay between state and society.
The book is a contribution to the study of Islamic military history addressing such topics as: the formation and upkeep of black slave armies, the role of Christian-Armenian troops in twelfth-century Egypt and military and naval aspects of the Fatimid wars with the Crusaders. Other topics examined are the internal policies of the Fatimid state: notably, among them, the religious policies of the Fatimid regime, the involvement of the state in the urban life of the Fatimid capital city, Fustat-Cairo, and Fatimid attitudes toward non-Muslim communities.
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About the Author:
Yaacov Lev is Lecturer in Islamic medieval history at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Publications: Persecutions and Conversion to Islam in Eleventh-Century Egypt (1988), and The Suppression of Crime, the Supervision of Markets, and Urban Society in the Egyptian Capital during the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries (1988).
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'L'auteur a une bonne connaissance des sources arabes...utile...'
Thierry Bianquis, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 1994.
'Lev's materialreiche und gut lesbare Darstellung der Fatimidengeschichte ist insofern von Bedeutung, als sie die Frage nach den Wurzeln des mamlukischen Staatswesens in einem neuen Licht erscheinen läßt.'
T.N., Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 1994.
'Diese handliche und unprätentiöse Beschreibung der fatimidischen Geschichte nach 969 hat ohne Frage ihren Nutzen und verdient Anerkennung!'
Ulrich Haarmann, Der Islam, 1995.
Thierry Bianquis, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 1994.
'Lev's materialreiche und gut lesbare Darstellung der Fatimidengeschichte ist insofern von Bedeutung, als sie die Frage nach den Wurzeln des mamlukischen Staatswesens in einem neuen Licht erscheinen läßt.'
T.N., Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 1994.
'Diese handliche und unprätentiöse Beschreibung der fatimidischen Geschichte nach 969 hat ohne Frage ihren Nutzen und verdient Anerkennung!'
Ulrich Haarmann, Der Islam, 1995.
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- PublisherBrill Academic Pub
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 9004093443
- ISBN 13 9789004093447
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages232
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State and Society in Fatimid Egypt (Arab History and Civilization : Studies and Texts, Vol. 1)
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