Ritual, Politics, and the City in Fatimid Cairo

Ritual, Politics, and the City in Fatimid Cairo
	Contents
	Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Short Titles
	Acknowledgments
	Chapter 1 Introduction
		Fatimid History: An Overview
		Approaching Fatimid Rituals
	Chapter 2 The Ceremonial Idiom
		Protocols of Rank
		Symbols of Authority
		The Caliph as Center
	Chapter 3 The Ritual City
		The Beginnings of the Ritual City
		The Elaboration of the Ritual City under Al-'Aziz*
		The Integration of Fustat into the Ritual City
		The Restoration of Al-Amir* and the Reinterpretation of the Ritual City
	Chapter 4 Politics, Power, and Administration: The New Year's Ceremony
		The Model Procession: Ibn Al-Tuwayr's* Description of the New Year
		The Negotiation of Power in the New Year's Procession
	Chapter 5 The Urban River
		The Highwayman of Egypt: Agriculture and Irrigation
		The Ceremony to Cut the Canal
		Late Fatimid Nile Ceremonies
		Perfuming the Nilometer
		Dating the Nilometer Ceremony
		The Urban River
	Chapter 6 Ceremonial as Polemic
		The Event at Ghadir Khumm and its Importance in Isma'ili Thought
		Popular Celebrations of the Festival of Ghadir
		The Festival of Ghadir* and the Ritual Lingua Franca
		Ceremonial as Polemic
	Chapter 7 Epilogue
	Notes
		Chapter 1
		Chapter 2
		Chapter 3
		Chapter 4
		Chapter 5
		Chapter 6
		Chapter 7
	Selected Bibliography
		Fatimid, Ayyubid, and Mamluk Sources
		Studies
	Index
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