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Orations of the Fatimid Caliphs: Festival Sermons of the Ismaili Imams

Orations of the Fatimid Caliphs: Festival Sermons of the Ismaili Imams

Walker, Paul

Hardcover

Series: Ismaili Texts and Translations

IslamFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1845119916
ISBN13: 9781845119911
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: Mar 1 2009
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.60
Language: English

The Fatimid empire was a highly sophisticated and cosmopolitan regime that flourished from the beginning of the 10th to the end of the 12th century. Under the enlightened rule of the Fatimid Caliphs, Cairo was founded as the nucleus of an imperium that extended from Arabia in the east to present-day Morocco in the west. Dynamic rulers like the the fourth caliph al-Mu'izz (who conquered Egypt and founded his new capital there) were remarkable not only for their extensive conquests but also for combining secular with religious legitimacy. As living imams of the Ismaili branch of Shi'ism, they exercised authority over both spiritual and secular domains. The sacred dimension of their mandate was manifested most powerfully twice a year, when the imam-Caliphs personally delivered sermons, or khutbas, to their subjects, to co-incide with the great feasts and festivals of fast-breaking and sacrifice.While few of these sermons have survived, those that have endured vividly evoke both of the atmosphere of the occasion and the words uttered on it.

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