Bücher von Paul E. Walker

Explores problems in Fatimid history and historiography, many specifically focused on the content of doctrinal writings produced by the Ismaili supporters and agents of this caliphate who worked on behalf of the dynasty within the empire and outside. This work also looks at issues in disputes that separated the various factions of Medieval Islam.

This is the first book-length study of the ideas and teachings of the leading tenth-century Ismaili theoretician Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani.