Mount of knowledge, sword of eloquence : collected poems of an Ismaili Muslim scholar in Fatimid Egypt : a translation from the original Arabic of al-Muʼayyad al-Shīrāzī's Dīwān / translated by Mohamad Adra ; with an introduction by Kutub Kassam.
نوع المادة : نصالسلاسل:Ismaili texts and translations series (Institute of Ismaili Studies) ; 14 | Ismaili texts and translations series (Institute of Ismaili Studies) ; 14.الناشر:London New York : I. B. Tauris, 2011وصف:xiv, 240 pages ; 23 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781848859135 (hbk)
- 1848859139 (hbk)
- Poems. English
- PJ7750.M75 A2 2011
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | PJ7750.M75 A2 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000399192 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | PJ7750.M75 A2 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010000399191 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | PJ7750.M75 A2 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.3 | المتاح | 30010011082693 |
Translated from Arabic.
Published in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240).
Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction -- Kutub Kassam; A Biographical Chronology of al-Mu'ayyad; Diwan al-Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din da'i al-du'at: The Diwan of the chief da'i al-Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din; First Lines of the Qasidas;
A distinguished scholar, author and statesman, al-Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi (1000-1078 CE) lived during one of the most turbulent periods in Islamic history. The 11th-century was characterized, among other things, by an acute struggle for supremacy between the Sunni and Shi'a braches of Islam, represented politically by the 'Abbasid and Fatimid caliphates. Al-Mu'ayyad was originally a Fatimid missionary; but his outstanding intellectual and literary skills eventually gained him important positions in the Fatimid administration. Eventually he attained the highest ranks in the religious hiera