Advent of the Fatimids: A Contemporary Shi'i Witness: An Edition and Translation of Ibn al-Haytham's KITAB AL-MUNAZARAT

Madelung, Wilferd/ Paul Ernest Walker / Jafar Ibn Ahmad Ibn Al-haytham

ISBN 10: 1860645518 / ISBN 13: 9781860645518

Published by I. B. Tauris & Company, 2000

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SIGNED and inscribed by Paul Walker to his fellow scholar of early Islam, Joel Kraemer, 'With Greatest Respect.' xiv, 192 (English); 132 (Arabic) pp. Sewn binding in black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering. Exceedingly clean and sharp in like DJ. Critical edition of the Arabic text with English translation and introduction. '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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Advent of the Fatimids: A Contemporary Shi'i Witness: An Edition and Translation of Ibn al-Haytham's KITAB AL-MUNAZARAT
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860645518
• ISBN 13: 9781860645518
• Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: FINE
• Dust Jacket Condition: FINE
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Professor Madelung is Senior Research Fellow with The Institute of Ismaili Studies. He has been Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Chicago, US, and the Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford, UK.