Ritual, Politics, and the City in Fatimid Cairo

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ISBN: 9780791417829 | 0791417824
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 3/1/1994

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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.

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Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Short Titles
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Fatimid History: An Overview
Approaching Fatimid Rituals
The Ceremonial Idiom
Protocols of Rank
Symbols of Authority
The Caliph as Center
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
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
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
Ceremonial as Polemic
The Event at Ghadir Khumm and Its Importance in Isma'ili Thought
Popular Celebrations of the Festival of Ghadir
The Festival of Ghadir and the Ritual Lingua Franca
Ceremonial as Polemic
Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Maps
Index
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Ritual, Politics, and the City in Fatimid Cairo

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