al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh

by Walker, Paul E.

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Al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh , the sixth of the Fāṭimid caliphs, ruled from his accession at the age of eleven on 28 Ramaḍān 386/14 October 996 until his mysterious disappearance one night at the end of Shawwāl 411/mid-February 1021. His reign was noted for an unusual range of strange, even bizarre, actions that engendered a mixed, enigmatic historical record that is difficult to judge. Even his contemporaries, both those who supported him and his opponents, had trouble making sense of what happened a…

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Al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh , the sixth of the Fāṭimid caliphs, ruled from his accession at the age of eleven on 28 Ramaḍān 386/14 October 996 until his mysterious disappearance one night at the end of Shawwāl 411/mid-February 1021. His reign was noted for an unusual range of strange, even bizarre, actions that engendered a mixed, enigmatic historical record that is difficult to judge. Even his contemporaries, both those who supported him and his opponents, had trouble making sense of what happened and why. Fortunately, there exists

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei764

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eng Islam

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Walker, Paul E.

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