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An Apocalyptic History of the Early Fatimid Empire

byJamel Velji

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
184
Published
2016
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press

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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 imminent utopia played a

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