An Apocalyptic History of the Early Fatimid Empire /

An Apocalyptic History of the Early Fatimid Empire / / Jamel Velji.

Explores the role of apocalyptic symbolism in the formation and maintenance of a medieval Islamic empireHow can religion transform a society? This book investigates the ways in which a medieval Islamic movement harnessed Quranic visions of utopia to construct one of the most brilliant and lasting em...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Velji, Jamel,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2016
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Apocalypticism and Eschatology : ESIAE
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Physical Description:1 online resource (184 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introducing Ismaili Apocalypses
  • 1 From ẓāhir to bāṭin: An Introduction to Fatimid Hermeneutics
  • 2 Oaths, Taxes and Tithes: Organising an Imminent Utopia
  • 3 Taʾwīl of an Apocalyptic Transcript I: The Book of Unveiling
  • 4 Taʾwīl of an Apocalyptic Transcript II: The Book of Righteousness and True Guidance
  • 5 To Temper an Imminent Eschatology: The Contributions of al-Mahdī and Qāḍī l-Nu ʿmān
  • 6 A Spiritual Progression to a New Eschatological Centre: The Taʾwīl al-da ʿāʾim on the Hajj
  • 7 Actualising the End: The Nizari Declaration of the Resurrection
  • 8 From Movement to Text: The Haft-bāb
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names
  • Subject Index

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