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Ritual, Politics, and the City in Fatimid Cairo
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- Book Synopsis
- 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.
- About The Author
- Paula Sanders is Associate Professor of History at Rice University.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780791417829
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- SUNY Press, (10 March 1994)
- Number of Pages
- 248
- Weight
- 336 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 25 mm
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