BETWEEN REVOLUTION AND STATE
Description
This book examines the most important writings of a tenth-century Islamic theologian and jurist who were one of the most original thinkers of his period. It argues that Qadi al-Numan's works constituted new and vital genres in Ismaili Shi'i literature, a development necessitated by the Fatimid's transition from revolutionary movement to statehood, and by their desire to establish their authority as the Shf'i alternative to the Sunni Abbasid caliphate.
Already famous in the Fatimid era, al-Nut man left a legacy which includes a formalised school of law an early record of the Fatimid achievement in his historical and biographical works, new interpretations of Islamic doctrine explored in his legal and esoteric writings and the formulation of a ceremonial language in his work on court protocol. Between Revolution and State explores all of these literary genres in depth and presents a sophisticated and readable analysis of one of the seminal figures of Islamic and Islamic history.
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Book Details
- ISBN: 1850438823
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- Format: Hardback
- Publication Date: 2006
- Number of Pages: 210
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- Publisher: I B TAURIS
- Language: English
- Weight: 0.48 g
