Orations of the Caliphs: Festival Sermons of the Ismaili Imams (Ismaili Texts and Translations)

by PaulWalker (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2009

  $73.98

  The Fatimid empire flourished from the beginning of the 10th to the end of the 12th century. The sacred dimension of their rulers was manifested when the imam-Caliphs personally delivered sermons, or khutbas, to their subjects. This book offers a history of the festival sermons and explores their key themes and rhetorical strategies.