A Short History of the Fatimid Khalifate
Part 26
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INDEX
A
ʿAbbas, 229
—wazir, 230
Abdan, 45
ʿAbdullah, founder (or reformer) of Ismaʿilite sect, 16, 17, 21, 32
ʿAbdullah b. Essaig, minister to the Aghlabids, 66
Abu ʿAbdullah, missionary in N. Africa, 57 sqq.
—suspected, 69
—executed, 71
Abu Khatam’s sect, 48
Abu Najah, the monk and minister of finance, 220
Abu Raqwa, Umayyad claimant in
—invades Egypt, 149 sqq.
—N. Africa, 147 sqq.
—defeated, 151
—death, 152
Aghlabid dynasty in N. Africa, 59, 247
Ahmad, son of Abdullah, 33
Ahmah, wazir to al-Hafiz, 222-223
Al-Adid, 235
Al-Afdal, 216-220
Al-Amir, Khalif, 218
—assassinated, 220-221
Al-ʿAziz, Khalif, 115 sqq.
—death, 121-122
Aleppo, 175, 176, 195
Al-Faʿiz, Khalif, 233
Al-Hafiz, Khalif, 222
Al-Hakim, Khalif, 121, 123 sqq.
—peculiarities, 133
—mosques, 137-8
—disappears, 185 sqq.
—reports that he is still alive, 188
ʿAli, 4, 5
ʿAli Allahi, 16
ʿAlid lines of descent, 5, 11
Al-Jarjarai, 193, 196
Al-Mahadiya founded, 77
Al-Mansur, Khalif, 90, 91
Al-Moʿizz, Khalif, 93 sqq.
—goes to Egypt, 109
—his rule in Egypt, 113
Al-Mustali, Khalif, 210 sqq.
Al-Mustansir, Khalif, 88
Al-Qaʾim, Khalif, 88
Al-Yazuri, 196, 197, 198, 200, 203
Amalric, 239-242
Anushtegin, 191-196
Arab race, 1
Armenians in Egypt, 206, 223-224
As-Salih, 233, 235-236
Assassins, sect of, 209, 210 sqq., 244-245
Az-Zafir, Khalif, 227
Az-Zahir, Khalif, 189
B
Babists, 15
Badr the Armenian, 206, 208
Bahrayn taken by the Qarmatians, 49-50
Baldwin, 218-219
Barjawan, 124, 126, 130
—assassinated, 131
Barqa taken by Abu Raqwa, 148-149
Batinite doctrines, 7, 12, 176
Berbers, 55-56, 74 sqq.
B. Qorra, 147-148
Buraniyya sect, 48
Byzantium, treaty with, 191
C
Cairo founded, 102 sqq., 114
Christians, 2, 116, 141, 143-145, 155-158, 170, 179-180, 197-198, 226
—allowed to emigrate, 171
Cluniac movement, 252-254
“Companions” cursed, 142
—cursing stopped, 154, 169
Crusades, 216-218, 224, 236, 238-239, 241, 255
D
Daʿi or missionary of Shiʿite sect, 6, 7
—arguments used by Ismaʿilian daʿi, 21 sqq.
—Chief Daʿi, 135
Darazi, Persian teacher who visited Egypt, 176
Daylamites, 83
Daysan, 18
Dirgham, 236, 238
Druses, 43, 178-179, 187, 244
E
Egypt attacked, 78, 94
—Shiʿites in, 79
—disorder in Egypt, 97-98
—invaded by the Fatimids, 99 sqq.
F
Fadl, general under al-Hakim, 149, 152-153
Famine in Egypt, 190, 204-205
Fatimid claims, 34 sqq.; cf. ʿAlid lines of descent
—claims ridiculed, 116
—manifesto against, 166
Fatimid architecture, 106
—decline of Fatimids, 254
—end of Fatimid rule, 243-245
Forbidden vegetables, 141-142, 164
Fustat, 102
—fired by al-Hakim, 183
H
Haftakin, 111 sqq.
—prisoner, 119
Hamdan, 39, 40, 43
Hamza, 178, 179, 181
Hasan al Akhram, 178
Hasan b. Mufarraj revolts, 163
Hasan-i-Sabbah visits Egypt, 208 sqq., 212
Hasan Qarmatian leader, 47
Hashimites, 5
Hijaz, recognition of Fatimids in, 202-203
“House of Wisdom,” 139-140
Husayn Ahwazi, 39
Husayn b. Jawhar, 131, 132, 153-160
I
Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ, 18
Ibn ʿAmmar, 124
—downfall, 126-127
Ibn Hawshab, 51 sqq.
Ibn Killis the Jew, 99, 114, 120
Ibn Nestorius, 120
Ibn Sallar wazir, 227
—revolts, 227-229
—murdered, 229-230
Idrisids, 76, 99
Ikhshids, 81, 83, 93, 107
Ikhwanu s-Safa, 139
Ismaʿil, 9
Ismaʿilian sect, 12 sqq., 29
—doctrine, 257-258
—off-shoots, 212, 260 sqq.
J
Jaʿfar as-Sadiq, 16, 37, 45, 161, 257
Jawhar, 98
—invades Egypt, 99 sqq.
Jerusalem, church of the Resurrection destroyed, 157
—city taken by the Turks, 207
—by the Crusaders, 216
—kingdom of, 216, 255
“Jewish legend,” 34, 47, 68
Jews, 2, 155-160, 170, 179-180
K
Kafur, 93 sqq.
—a patron of literature, 95
Kahira, cf. Cairo
Kairawan, 61, 64, 76, 85
—Khalifs of, 74 sqq.
Kasam, 47
Katama tribe, 57
Kaysanite sect, 5
Khalif, title of, 3
Kharijites, 56, 75
—revolt of, 88-89
“King” as title of the wazir, 224
L
Legitimist ideas of the Persians, 3, 14, 15
Licence issued by al-Hakim to non-Muslims, 145
M
Madina officials sent to remove articles from, 161
Maghrab, 55
Mahmud of Ghazna, 168, 249-250
Mani, 19
Mansuri sect, 7
Marcion, 19
Maymun, 18, 20
Muslim expansion, 2
N
Nasir ad-Dawla, 204-205
Nasir ad-Din, 229
—murders az-Zafir, 230-232
Nasir-i-Khusraw visits Egypt, 198 sqq., 209
Nizar’s revolt, 211-212
North Africa, 52 sqq.
—deserts the Fatimids, 200-201
Nuwayri’s account of oath taken by Ismaʿilis, 30
O
Okayl Arabs revolt, 164
Oman resists the Qarmatians, 50
Osama, 225 sqq., 230
P
Patriarch imprisoned by al-Hakim, 158
—released, 180-181
Persians, 3, 7
Princess Royal al-Hakim’s sister, 182-184, 189
Palestine and Syria lost to the Fatimids, 219
Q
Qadi, office of, 134
R
Raqada, 64
—taken by Abu ʿAbdullah, 67, 69
Rudwan, 224-225
S
Sabʿiya, Ismaʿilian sect, 10, 17
—grades, 21 sqq.
Saladin, 238-239, 243, 256
Saljuq Turks, 201, 207, 215, 219, 251, 254
“Seveners,” cf. Sabʿiya
Shawar, 236-243
Shiʿites, 4, 16
—sects, 6; cf. Ismaʿilians
—claims, 42
Shirkuh, 236, 238, 239, 241
Sicily revolts, 77
Syria, 102, 117, 126-127, 129, 136, 163, 174, 175, 191-195, 234
—lost to the Fatimids, 219
T
Tekin, 79 sqq.
Transmigration, 14
Tripoli, 77
Turks, cf. Saljuq
“Twelvers,” 10
U
ʿUbayd Allah, 33, 61 sqq.
—journey to N. Africa, 62
—imprisoned, 62
—liberated, 67 sqq.
W
Wine, laws against, 165
Y
Yahya’s sect, 48
Yemen, Ismaʿilians in, 51 sqq.
Yusuf, 184
Z
Zaqruya, 46
Ziadat Allah, 60, 62 sqq.