An apocalyptic history of the early Fatimid empire /

How can religion transform a society? This book investigates the ways in which a medieval Islamic movement harnessed Quranic visions of utopia to construct one of the most brilliant and lasting empires in Islamic history (979-1171). The Fatimids' apocalyptic vision of their central place in an...

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Author / Creator: Velji, Jamel A. (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Series:Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Apocalypticism and Eschatology.
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