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| Fatimid Da’wa and Ismaili resistance to Seljuq rule in Iran | One of the most thrilling and complex chapters in Muslim History is undoubtedly framed in the events taking place from the rise of the Fatimid Dinasty in Egypt (969 AD) until the fall of the Seljuq Empire in Persia (1194 AD). | Fatimid Da’wa and Ismaili resistance to Seljuq rule in Iran | |
| Fatimids: A Legacy of Pluralism | This paper attempts to explore the evolution of the concept of pluralism and its functioning through a religious perspective by examining the 11th century medieval Muslim regime of The Fatimids. The following pages will present examination of history and sources of Fatimids to reform our present understanding of pluralism and provide us a context to assess and determine different propositions relating to pluralism. | Fatimids: A Legacy of Pluralism | |
| Fortresses of the Intellect Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies | Fortresses of the Intellect Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies | ||
| From Aga Khan I to Aga Khan II: The legacy of two visionary Imams |
See full text attached below as PDF file. | From Aga Khan I to Aga Khan II: The legacy of two visionary Imams | |
| FUNERAL RITES IN THE ISMAILIS By Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali | “In case, a poor expires, all of you must join his funeral. There is fairest reward to walk a step in funeral of the brethren-in-faith.” FUNERAL RITES IN THE ISMAILIS WHAT IS DEATH ? | ||
| The Fatimid Caliphate Diversity of Traditions | The Fatimid era is ubiquitous today in the discourse of the Nizari Ismaili imamate.1 Yet this was not always the case. As with other societies and religious communities the world over, the arrangement and presentation of history in the Ismaili tradition has evolved in the course of time, with new historiographical agendas and subjects of emphasis emerging or receding in response to changes in the political and social contexts. In this chapter the place of the Fatimids in the cultural memory of the Nizari Ismailis in the post-Mongol era will be explored. | The Fatimid Caliphate Diversity of Traditions | |
| THE FATIMID EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN EGYPT | This paper tries to investigate the Fatimid educational administration experience in Egypt. It starts by reviewing the historical conditions that paved the way for the establishment of this Ismā’īli state, as well as the principal foundations of their ideology. This is significant, because in medieval Islam administration of educational activities was part of an interconnected bureaucracy, in which education, religious sectarian preferences and politics were inseparable. | THE FATIMID EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN EGYPT | |
| THE FATIMID HOLY CITY: REBUILDING JERUSALEM IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY | This essay explores the architectural history of Jerusalem in the Abbasid (751– 970) and Fatimid (970– 1036) periods. Compared to the time of the Umayyads (661– 750), Abbasid-era Jerusalem was characterized by a caliphal disinterest in the monuments of the holy city. However, it also saw growth in the identification between local populations and their respective religious monuments. This contest over sacred space culminated under the Fatimid dynasty, in the cataclysmic reign of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r. | THE FATIMID HOLY CITY: REBUILDING JERUSALEM IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY | |
| The Fatimids and the Red Sea | From 969 to 1073, the Red Sea does not seem to have been of much interest to the Fatimids. During this period, the | The Fatimids and the Red Sea |
