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A Short History of the Fatimid Khalifate

A Short History of the Fatimid Khalifate

by De Lacy O'Leary

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Author
O'Leary, De Lacy, 1872-1957
Credits
Produced by Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
Subject
Egypt -- Kings and rulers
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 63391
Release Date
October 6, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A SHORT HISTORY OF THE FATIMID KHALIFATE
  2. 2.INTRODUCTORY NOTE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.I THE SHIʿITES OR SCHISMATICS OF ISLAM — GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILY OF ʿALI
  5. 5.II THE ISMAʿILIAN SECT
  6. 6.III THE QARMATIANS
  7. 7.IV ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FATIMIDS IN NORTH AFRICA
  8. 8.V THE FATIMID KHALIFS OF KAIRAWAN
  9. 9.VI THE SECOND FATIMID KHALIF, AL-QAʾIM
  10. 10.VII THE THIRD FATIMID KHALIF, AL-MANSUR
  11. 11.VIII THE FOURTH FATIMID KHALIF, AL-MOʿIZZ
  12. 12.IX THE FIFTH FATIMID KHALIF, AL-ʿAZIZ
  13. 13.X THE SIXTH FATIMID KHALIF, AL-HAKIM
  14. 14.XI THE SEVENTH FATIMID KHALIF, AZ-ZAHIR
  15. 15.XII THE EIGHTH FATIMID KHALIF, AL-MUSTANSIR
  16. 16.XIII THE NINTH FATIMID KHALIF, AL-MUSTALI
  17. 17.XIV THE TENTH FATIMID KHALIF, AL-AMIR
  18. 18.XV THE ELEVENTH FATIMID KHALIF, AL-HAFIZ
  19. 19.XVI THE TWELFTH FATIMID KHALIF, AZ-ZAFIR
  20. 20.XVII THE THIRTEENTH FATIMID KHALIF, AL-FAʿIZ
  21. 21.XVIII THE FOURTEENTH FATIMID KHALIF, AL-ʿADID
  22. 22.XIX THE FATIMID KHALIFATE IN ITS RELATION TO GENERAL HISTORY — (i) The Formation of the Fatimid Khalifate. ( A.H. 260-356 = A.D. 873-966.) — (ii) The Golden Age of the Fatimids. ( A.H. 356-469 = A.D. 966-1076.) — (iii) Third Period. Fatimid decline. ( A.H. 469-564 = A.D. 1076-1168.)
  23. 23.XX. THE LATER HISTORY OF THE ISMAʿILIAN SECT
  24. 24.BIBLIOGRAPHY — (A.) Original authorities accessible in translations or extracts. — Abraham the Syrian. — Ibn Adhari (d. 662). — Ahmad b. Yahya al-Baladuri. — Arib b. Saʿd of Cordoba (circ. 366). — Ibn al-Athir (ʿAli b. Muhammad). — Baha ad-Din (Muhammad b. Husayn). — Eutychius. — Abu l-Feda (Ismaʿil b. ʿAli, king of Hamat in 743, died 749). — Fihrist. The Fihrist of Muhammad b. Ishaq an-Nadim. — Gregory Bar Hebraeus or Abu l-Faraj. — Al-Kairawani. Muhammad b. ʿAli r-Rayni al-Kairawani. — Kamal ad-Din. — Ibn Khaldun, Wali ad-Din Abu Zayd Abdu r-Rahman ibn Khaldun. — Ibn Khallikan. Shams ad-Din Abu l-Abbas. — Khandemir (Khwand Amir). — Abu l-Mahasin. — Al-Makini. — Maqrizi, Ahmah b. ʿAli b. ʿAbdu l-Qadir al-Maqrizi (dz. 845). — Nasir-i-Khusraw. — An-Nuwairi, Ahmad b. ʿAbdu l-Wahhab. (d. 733). — Osama. — al-Qalqashandi. — (B). Modern Writers.
  25. 25.INDEX

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