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.]