Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Introducing Ismaili Apocalypses
- 1 From ẓāhir to bāṭin: An Introduction to Fatimid Hermeneutics
- 2 Oaths, Taxes and Tithes: Organising an Imminent Utopia
- 3 Taʾwīl of an Apocalyptic Transcript I: The Book of Unveiling
- 4 Taʾwīl of an Apocalyptic Transcript II: The Book of Righteousness and True Guidance
- 5 To Temper an Imminent Eschatology: The Contributions of al-Mahdī and Qāḍī l-Nu ʿmān
- 6 A Spiritual Progression to a New Eschatological Centre: The Taʾwīl al-da ʿāʾim on the Hajj
- 7 Actualising the End: The Nizari Declaration of the Resurrection
- 8 From Movement to Text: The Haft-bāb
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Subject Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 September 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Introducing Ismaili Apocalypses
- 1 From ẓāhir to bāṭin: An Introduction to Fatimid Hermeneutics
- 2 Oaths, Taxes and Tithes: Organising an Imminent Utopia
- 3 Taʾwīl of an Apocalyptic Transcript I: The Book of Unveiling
- 4 Taʾwīl of an Apocalyptic Transcript II: The Book of Righteousness and True Guidance
- 5 To Temper an Imminent Eschatology: The Contributions of al-Mahdī and Qāḍī l-Nu ʿmān
- 6 A Spiritual Progression to a New Eschatological Centre: The Taʾwīl al-da ʿāʾim on the Hajj
- 7 Actualising the End: The Nizari Declaration of the Resurrection
- 8 From Movement to Text: The Haft-bāb
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Subject Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- An Apocalyptic History of the Early Fatimid Empire , pp. vii - xPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2016