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Walāyah in the Fāṭimid Ismāʿīlī Tradition

By: Elizabeth R. Alexandrin

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Walāyah in the Fāṭimid Ismāʿīlī Tradition

By: Elizabeth R. Alexandrin

In this original study, Elizabeth R. Alexandrin examines the complex relationships that can be inscribed between medieval Ismā'īlī thought as an intellectual tradition with a devotional practice of reliance on the imām, and as a politico-esoteric system that redefined governance during the Fāṭimid caliphate in the eleventh century. Alexandrin's work is a departure from recent Western scholarship that focuses on similarities among early Islamic traditions. She argues instead that, under the guidance of the Fāṭimid Ismā'īlī chief missionary al-Mu'ayyad fī al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī (d. 1078 CE), the concept of walāyah (divine guidance) became closely associated with religio-political authority, on the one hand, and the perfection of the individual human being, on the other. By signaling and affirming how the Fāṭimid caliph-imāms were the heirs of walāyah and by proposing new definitions of the "seal of God's friends" (khātim al-awliyā' Allāh), al- Mu'ayyad broadened the contexts of making esoteric knowledge public and shifted the apocalyptic frameworks of Islamic messianism.

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Walāyah in the Fāṭimid Ismāʿīlī Tradition

By: Elizabeth R. Alexandrin

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Incidents and Appalling Trials and Treatment of Elizabeth R. Hill: From the Plotting Citizen Confed

By: Elizabeth R. Hill

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Incidents and Appalling Trials and Treatment of Elizabeth R. Hill: From the Plotting Citizen Confed

By: Elizabeth R. Hill

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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053026269X

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Walāyah in the Fāṭimid Ismāʿīlī Tradition

Walāyah in the Fāṭimid Ismāʿīlī Tradition

Walāyah in the Fāṭimid Ismāʿīlī Tradition

Walāyah in the Fāṭimid Ismāʿīlī Tradition

Incidents and Appalling Trials and Treatment of Elizabeth R. Hill: From the Plotting Citizen Confed

Incidents and Appalling Trials and Treatment of Elizabeth R. Hill: From the Plotting Citizen Confed

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