Fatimids and Their Traditions of Learning
The Fatimids and their Traditions of Learning The Institute of Ismaili Studies Halm prelims 1 21/3/01, 14:28 The Institute of Ismaili Studies Ismaili Heritage Series, General Editor: Farhad Daftary Previously published title: Paul E. Walker, Abu Ya1qub al-Sijistani: Intellectual Missionary (1996) The Institute of Ismaili Studies Halm prelims 2 21/3/01, 14:28 The Fatimids and their Traditions of Learning Heinz Halm The Institute of Ismaili Studies I.B.Tauris Publishers • in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies Halm prelims 3 21/3/01, 14:28 Published in by I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd Salem Road, London Fifth Avenue, New York NY www.ibtauris.com Thein association Institute with ofThe Ismaili Institute ofStudies Ismaili Studies – Grosvenor Gardens, London www.iis.ac.uk In the United States of America and in Canada distributed by St Martins Press, Fifth Avenue, New York Reprinted in Copyright © Islamic Publications Ltd, , All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. A full record for this book is available from the British Library A full record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Library of Congress catalog card: available Typeset in Monotype Baskerville by Philip Armstrong, Sheffield Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin Halm prelims 4 21/3/01, 14:28 The Institute of Ismaili Studies The Institute of Ismaili Studies The Institute of Ismaili Studies was established in 1977 with the object of promoting scholarship and learning on Islam, in the historical as well as contemporary contexts, and a better understanding of its relationship with other societies and faiths.
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