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Informationen zum Autor Paul E Walker is a Research Associate in Near Eastern Languages at the University of Chicago and an historian of ideas specialising in medieval Islamic history. He has written and edited many books on Fatimid history and the formative period of Ismaili thought including Early Philosophical Shi'ism (1993)! Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani: Ismaili Thought in the Age of al-Hakim (I.B.Tauris! 1999) and The Advent of the Fatimids: A Contemporary Shi'i Witness (I.B.Tauris! 2000). In 2001 he was the recipient of a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. Klappentext The Fatimid empire flourished from the beginning of the 10th to the end of the 12th century. The sacred dimension of their rulers was manifested when the imam-Caliphs personally delivered sermons! or khutbas! to their subjects. This book offers a history of the festival sermons and explores their key themes and rhetorical strategies. The Fatimid empire flourished from the beginning of the 10th to the end of the 12th century. The sacred dimension of their rulers was manifested when the imam-Caliphs personally delivered sermons, or khutbas, to their subjects. This book offers a history of the festival sermons and explores their key themes and rhetorical strategies. Zusammenfassung The Fatimid empire flourished from the beginning of the 10th to the end of the 12th century. The sacred dimension of their rulers was manifested when the imam-Caliphs personally delivered sermons, or khutbas, to their subjects. This book offers a history of the festival sermons and explores their key themes and rhetorical strategies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and AcknowledgementsPART ONEA History of the Fatimid khutbaRhetoric and Themes in the Surviving khutbasPART TWOTranslationsThe khutbas of al-Qa’imThe khutbas of al-MansurThe khutbas of al-Mu’izzThe khutbas of QirwashThe khutbas of al-AmirPART THREEArabic TextsGlossaryBibliographyArabic and English indexes...
