Ch. 1. Introduction. Fatimid History: An Overview. Approaching Fatimid Rituals -- Ch. 2. The Ceremonial Idiom. Protocols of Rank. Symbols of Authority. The Caliph as Center -- Ch. 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 -- Ch. 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 -- Ch. 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 -- Ch. 6. Ceremonial as Polemic. The Event at Ghadir Khumm and Its Importance in Isma'ili Thought. Popular Celebrations of the Festival of Ghadir
Summary
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 was articulated, and in which complex negotiations of power have taken place
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
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