Fatimid Cosmopolitanism

List of Contributors
Preface by Gregory Bilotto
List of Abbreviations

I. Fatimid Religion and Statecraft

1. Ismaili Neoplatonism: The Cosmopolitan Legacy of the Fatimid Ismaili Da?wa
Khalil Andani

2. Who was Nasir-i Khusrawâs Patron in Yumgan? Notes on the Political Vectors of the Late Fatimid Da?wa
Daniel Beben

3. The Reign of the Fatimid Imam-caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah: Historiographical Considerations
Shainool Jiwa

4. The Fatimid Kitab al-Majalis waâl-musayarat as Responsa to Internal Controversy and External Propaganda
Hasan al-Khoee

5. (Re)-making time, (Re)-making place: Some Considerations on Early Fatimid Ta?wil and Sacred Space
Jamel A. Velji

6. Fatimid Public Pronouncements: Messages from a Shi?i Dynasty to a Cosmopolitan Empire
Paul E. Walker

II. The Fatimid Legacy Reconsidered


1. The Modern Rediscovery of the Fatimid Artistic and Architectural Legacy in Egypt
Dina Ishak Bakhoum

2. A Dynasty for All Seasons: The Fatimids in Modern and Contemporary Cosmopolitanism Discourses
Delia Cortese

3. Wladimir Ivanow and Fatimid Studies
Farhad Daftary

4. The Untold Problem of Ibn al-Haythamâs Scientific Legacy in Islamic Art History
Valerie Gonzalez

5. The Fatimids and the Indian Ocean: Evidence from the Book of Curiosities
Yossef Rapoport

III. Fatimid Ceremony and Symbolism

1. The Fatimid Crescent: Understanding a Complex Religio-Political Cosmos through Lunar Symbolism
Ali Asgar Alibhai

2. The Power of Six â" Astral, Solomonic and Imami Imagery in Fatimid Art
Bernard OâKane

3. The Cosmopolitan Ecosystem of the Festival Costumes of 515/1122
Paula Sanders

4. Back to Black Background: The Rediscovery of Black Background and the Aesthetic of Darkness â" A Global Visual Spectacle during the Fatimid Age
Avinoam Shalem

5. âDisplaying the Hidden: Fatimid Public Texts in Floriated Kuficâ Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics and Religion
Yasser Tabbaa

IV. Art and Archeology

1. A Fatimid Mermaid
Doris Behrens-Abouseif and Juan de Lara

2. âThe Work is Blessed, Uniqueâ: The Fatimid Silver Casket of Sadaqa b. Yusuf
Anna Contadini
3. Fatimid Jewellery Hoards from Palestine in the Light of the Cairo Geniza Documents
Ayala Lester

4. The Fatimid Rock Crystal Ewers â" Innovation or Variation? A Historical and Iconographical Investigation
Marcus Pilz

5. Seventeen Years of Archeological Excavations in Cairo: The Ismaili capital city and Fustat during the Fatimid period
Stephane Pradines

6. Reassessing Fatimid Figuralism: Ettinghausen, Grabar and a Medieval Lustre Workshop[e1]
Jennifer A. Pruit

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