@book{181,
  author = {Sumaiya Hamdani},
  title = {Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid Statehood: Qadi Al-Nu'man and the Construction of Fatimid Legitimacy},
  abstract = {<p>This book examines the most important writings of a tenth century Islamic theologian and jurist who was one of the most original thinkers of his period. It argues that Qadi al-Nu{\textquoteright}man{\textquoteright}s works constituted new and vital genres in Ismaili Shi{\textquoteright}i literature, an emergence necessitated by the Fatimids{\textquoteright} transition from revolutionary movement to statehood, and by their desire to establish their authority as a Shi{\textquoteright}i alternative to the Sunni Abbasid caliphate. Al-Nu{\textquoteright}man, already famous in the Fatimid era, produced a legacy which consists of a school of law, historical and biographical works, new interpretations of Ismaili doctrine, and the formulation of a ceremonial language achieved through his work on court protocol. Between Revolution and State represents a sophisticated and readable analysis of one of the seminal figures of the Fatimid period.</p>
 },
  year = {2006},
  journal = {Ismaili Heritage},
  volume = {11},
  publisher = {I.B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies},
  address = {London and New York},
  isbn = {9781850438823},
  language = {eng},
}