The 尪惚聆贖紳 硃梭-硃域堯莉櫻娶 is the most complete extant text by an Ismaili author on the history of the Ismaili community from its origins up to Idr蘋s 尪Imd al-D蘋ns own time in the 15th century. The seventh volume, edited here together with a summary English translation, deals in particular with the period of the three Fatimid caliphs, al-Mustan廜ξr, al-Musta尪l蘋 and al-mir, in addition to the Tayyibi Ismaili community in Yemen.
The author, Idr蘋s 尪Imd al-D蘋n (d. 1468), who was himself a leader of the 廜柑yyib蘋s, took a special interest in the commencement of the Ismaili movement in Yaman, in the schism that split the IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Ja尪far al-廜〢diq (d. 765), as his successor. into two rival communities following the death of al-Mustan廜ξr in 1094, and the final rupture with Egypt after the murder of al-mir in 1130. He also devotes a substantial portion of this volume to the history of the later Ismailis in Yaman, and the pivotal role of al-Sayyida al-廎工rra, the famous 廜├lay廎可d queen, in establishing the 廜柑yyib蘋 Ismaili community of Yaman independent of the FatimidsMajor Muslim dynasty of Ismaili caliphs in North Africa (from 909) and later in Egypt (9731171) More in Egypt.
Foreword by Farhad Daftary
Introduction
尪惚聆贖紳 alakhbr, vol. 7 (English Summary of the Arabic Text)
Bibliography
Index to the English Text
尪惚聆贖紳 alakhbr, vol. 7 (Arabic Text, Bibliography and Indices)
…remarkable for its accuracy in every respect…a fine piece of scholarship…
Caesar E. Farah, Digest of Middle East Studies
Ayman Fu尨ad Sayyid(pl. sda/asyd) Arabic term for lord or master. It is a pre-Islamic term and refers to a person who possesses dignity or enjoys an exalted position among his people. Amongst… studied at Cairo University and obtained his doctorate from the University of Paris. For over a decade he was academically affiliated to the Arab League Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ALESCO). Later he served as director of the Egyptian National Library and taught Islamic history and Arabic codicology at universities in Cairo, Paris and Tokyo. One of the foremost authorities on the history of medieval Egypt and Yemen, he has edited and published numerous Arabic texts. His most recent books include La capitale de l’gypte jusqu’ l’矇poque Fatimide, al-Qahira et al-Fustat (Beirut, 1998) and al-Dawla al-F廜虹miyya f蘋 Mi廜ψ (2nd ed., Cairo, 2000).
Paul Walker is an historian of ideas affiliated with the University of Chicago.
Maurice Alex Pomerantz is a PhD candidate in Islamic History at the University of Chicago.