Exploring an Islamic Empire
Fatimid History and Its Sources
Published in May 2002
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-1-86064-875-5 (ISBN)
Description
"Exploring an Islamic Empire" is a detailed survey of different genres of source materials, including historiographical, epigraphic and numismatic, on Fatimid history and as such, it represents a first comprehensive treatment of the subject. "An Islamic Empire" is the first comprehensive treatment of the different kinds of source materials relating to Fatamidh history. As such, it will be of great importance to students and academics alike.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 134 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86064-875-5 (9781860648755)
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Paul E. Walker is a historian of ideas with a special interest in Islamic thought. His previous books include Early Philosophical Shi'ism (Cambridge, 1993), The Wellsprings of Wisdom (Salt Lake City, 1994), Ahu Ya'qub al-Sijistani: Intellectual Missionary (I. B. Tauris. 1996), Hamid al-Din al-Kirrnani: Ismaili Thought in the Age of al-Hdkini (I. B. Tauris, 1999), and with Wilferd Madelung, An Ismaili Heresiography (Leiden, 1998) and The Advent of the Fatimids: A Contemporary Shi'i Witness (I. B. Tauris, 2000). His translation of Imam al-I-aramayn al-Juwayni's classic manual of Sunni theology, al-Irshad (A Guide to Conclusive Proofs for the Principles of Belief), appeared recently (Garnet Publishing, 2001). He is currently Visiting Scholar in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago.