Ritual, Politics, and the City in Fatimid Cairo

Ritual, Politics, and the City in Fatimid Cairo

Author
Paula Sanders
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Language
English
Edition
1
Year
1994
Page
246
ISBN
0791417824,9780791417829
File Type
pdf
File Size
1.7 MiB

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 are articulated, and in which complex negotiations of power have taken place.

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