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Provides an understanding of the complexities of political legitimacy in Islamic dynasties by examining Fatimid political culture in Egypt reconstructed from court rituals.
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.
Contents
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Short Titles
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction
Fatimid History: An Overview
Approaching Fatimid Rituals
Chapter 2 The Ceremonial Idiom
Protocols of Rank
Symbols of Authority
The Caliph as Center
Chapter 3 The Ritual City
The Beginnings of the Ritual City
The Elaboration of the Ritual City under al-'Aziz
The Integration of Fustat into the Ritual City
The Restoration of al-Amir and the Reinterpretation of the Ritual City
Chapter 4 Politics, Power, and Administration: The New Year's Ceremony
The Model Procession: Ibn al-Tuwayr's Description of the New Year
The Negotiation of Power in the New Year's Procession
Chapter 5 The Urban River
The Highwayman of Egypt: Agriculture and Irrigation
The Ceremony to Cut the Canal
Late Fatimid Nile Ceremonies
Perfuming the Nilometer
Dating the Nilometer Ceremony
The Urban River
Chapter 6 Ceremonial as Polemic
The Event at Ghadir Khumm and Its Importance in Isma'ili Thought
Popular Celebrations of the Festival of Ghadir
The Festival of Ghadir and the Ritual Lingua Franca
Ceremonial as Polemic
Chapter 7 Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Maps
Index
