Ritual, Politics, and the City in Fatimid Cairo

Name: Ritual, Politics, and the City in Fatimid Cairo
Brand: SUNY Press
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Provides an understanding of the complexities of political legitimacy in Islamic dynasties by examining Fatimid political culture in Egypt reconstructed from court rituals.This book provides an understanding of the complexities of political legitimacy in Islamic dynasties by examining Fatimid political culture in Egypt reconstructed from court rituals. The author approaches ritual as a dynamic process through which claims to political and religious authority in Islamic societies are articulated, and in which complex negotiations of power have taken place.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 244
Release Date:: 1994-03-08
Publication Date:: 1994-03-10
Publisher:: SUNY Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0791417824
ISBN13:: 9780791417829
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 402 g
Height:: 15.2 cm
Width:: 22.9 cm
Thickness:: 1.5 cm

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