Exploring An Islamic Empire
Subtitle: Fatimid History and its Sources
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: August 3, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781860646928
Subjects: History of religion; Islam; World history; History - General History; History; History: World; Middle East; Other Geographical Groupings, Oceans & Seas; Middle East - Israel; History / Israel; Fatimites; Historiography
First sentence: The Fatimids rose to political dominion in North Africa in 296/909 after a long period of clandestine struggle in various regions of the Islamic world and they formally proclaimed their caliphate soon after in 297/910.