Review
"...remarkable for its accuracy in every respect...a fine piece of scholarship..."--Caesar E. Farah, Digest of Middle East Studies
Review
"...remarkable for its accuracy in every respect...a fine piece of scholarship..."--Caesar E. Farah, Digest of Middle East Studies
Book Description
The Uyun al-akhbar is the most complete text by an Ismaili author on the history of the Ismaili community, from its origins up to Idris ‘Imad al-Din’s own time in the 15th century. The seventh volume, edited here for the first time, together with a summary English translation, deals in particular with the period of the three Fatimid caliphs, al-Mustansir, al-Musta’li, and al-Amir, in addition to the Tayyibi Ismaili community in Yemen.
About the Author
Ayman Fu'ad Sayyid was a director of the Egyptian National Library and taught Islamic history at universities in Cairo, Paris, and Tokyo.
Fatimids and Their Successors in Yaman: The History of an Islamic Community FROM THE PUBLISHER
The 'Uyun al-akhbar is the most complete text written by an Ismaili author on the history of the Ismaili community from its origins up to the 12th century CE. The seventh volume, edited here for the first time, together with an English summary, deals in particular with the period of the three Fatimid caliphs, al-Mustansir, al-Musta'li and al-Amir, and then the Tayyibi Ismaili community in Yaman. The author, Idris 'Imad al-Din (d. 1468), who was himself a leader of the Tayyibis, took a special interest in the commencement of the Ismaili movement in Yaman, in the schism that split the Ismailis into two rival communities following the death of al-Mustansir in 1094, and the final rupture with Egypt after the murder of al-Amir in 1130. He also devotes a substantial portion of this volume to the history of the later Ismailis in Yaman, and the pivotal role of al-Sayyida al-Hurra, the famous Sulayhid queen, in establishing the Tayyibi Ismaili community independent of the Fatimids in Egypt.
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