| Ritual, Politics, and the City in Fatimid Cairo Contributor(s): Sanders, Paula (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791417816 ISBN-13: 9780791417812 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Egypt (see Also Ancient - Egypt) |
| Dewey: 962.16 |
| LCCN: 93022317 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Series: Suny Medieval Middle East History |
| Physical Information: 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |