A Short History of the Fatimid Khalifate

by De Lacy O'Leary

Wuestenfeld: El-Macrizi’s Abhandlung. 1847.

Zaydam, G.: Umayyads and Abbasids. Lond., 1907.

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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.]