The Fatimids and Their Traditions of Learning
Subtitle: Volume 2 (Ismaili Heritage)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: July 6, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781860643132
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Islam; Islamic studies; World history: c 500 to C 1500; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; General; Anthropology - General; Social Science; History - General History; Textbooks; Sociology; Islamic countries; History; Islam - Shi'a; History / General; Africa, North; 640-1250; 647-1517; Egypt; Fatimites
First sentence: At the edge of the Syrian desert, 30 kilometres south-east of Hamah, lies the small town of Salamiyya (originally Salamya, from the Greek Salamias).