al-Mahdiyya (Tunisia)

by Walker, Paul E.

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Al-Mahdiyya is a fortified city on the east coast of what is now Tunisia , founded by and named after the first Fāṭimid caliph, al-Mahdī bi-llāh (r. 297–322/910–34). Once construction was completed in 306/918–9 and the caliph relocated there, it served as the capital of the Fāṭimid empire for the next three decades [Illustrations 1 and 2]. Hoping to escape the uncertainty associated with the troublesome urban setting of the largely Sunnī Qayrawān and its administrative suburb Raqqāda, the new S…

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Al-Mahdiyya is a fortified city on the east coast of what is now Tunisia , founded by and named after the first Fāṭimid caliph, al-Mahdī bi-llāh (r. 297–322/910–34). Once construction was completed in 306/918–9 and the caliph relocated there, it served as the capital of the Fāṭimid empire for the next three decades [Illustrations 1 and 2]. Hoping to escape the uncertainty associated with the troublesome urban setting of the largely Sunnī Qayrawān and its administrative suburb Raqqāda, the new Shīʿī caliph, al-

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei656

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eng Islam

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Walker, Paul E.

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