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Al-‘Aziz bi’llah
Al-‘Aziz bi’llah Abu Mansur Nizar b. Abu Tamim Ma‘add al-Mu‘izz li-Din Allah (955–996 CE), the fifth Fatimid imam-caliph was the first sovereign of his dynasty to begin his rule in Egypt. Al- ‘Aziz’s reign epitomises the cultural, intellectual and architectural efflorescence of Fatimid rule in Egypt. It also established the Fatimids as a vibrant Mediterranean Empire, pursuing trade, diplomacy and warfare with their Byzantine, ‘Abbasid and Andalusian Umayyad counterparts.
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Al-‘Aziz bi’llah
Publication Type | Article | |
Year of Publication | 2011 | |
Date Published | 2011 | |
Authors | Jiwa, Shainool | |
Original Publication | Daʼirat al-maʻarif-i buzurg-i Islami, The Encyclopaedia Islamica, Vol 3, p. 988-997 ed. Wilferd Madelung & Farhad Daftary, Brill (London, 2011). | |
Publisher | 2013 The Institute of Ismaili Studies | |
Source | Daʼirat al-maʻarif-i buzurg-i Islami, The Encyclopaedia Islamica, Vol 3. | |
Key Words | Al-‘Aziz bi’llah Abu Mansur Nizar b. Abu Tamim Ma‘add al-Mu‘izz li-Din Allah; the fifth Fatimid imam-caliph; Egypt. the Fatimids; Mediterranean Empire; Byzantine; Abbasid; Andalusian Umayyad |
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THE FATIMID HOLY CITY: REBUILDING JERUSALEM IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY
This essay explores the architectural history of Jerusalem in the Abbasid (751– 970) and Fatimid (970– 1036) periods. Compared to the time of the Umayyads (661– 750), Abbasid-era Jerusalem was characterized by a caliphal disinterest in the monuments of the holy city. However, it also saw growth in the identification between local populations and their respective religious monuments. This contest over sacred space culminated under the Fatimid dynasty, in the cataclysmic reign of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r.
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THE FATIMID HOLY CITY: REBUILDING JERUSALEM IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY
Publication Type | Article | |
Year of Publication | 2017 | |
Date Published | 2017 | |
Authors | PRUITT, JENNIFER | |
Original Publication | THE MEDIEVAL GLOBE Volume 3.2 | 2017 | |
Pagination | 35-56 | |
Publisher | THE MEDIEVAL GLOBE Volume 3.2 | 2017 | |
ISBN/ISSN Number | 2377-3561 | |
Key Words | Abbasid; Fatimid; Abbasid-era Jerusalem; Fatimid dynasty; al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah; Holy Sepulchre; al-Zahir; Haram al- Sharif |
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