List of Contributors Preface by Gregory Bilotto List of Abbreviations I. Fatimid Religion and Statecraft 1. Ismaili Neoplatonism: The Cosmopolitan Legacy of the Fatimid Ismaili Da?wa Khalil Andani 2. Who was Nasir-i Khusraw's Patron in Yumgan? Notes on the Political Vectors of the Late Fatimid Da?wa Daniel Beben 3. The Reign of the Fatimid Imam-caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah: Historiographical Considerations Shainool Jiwa 4. The Fatimid Kitab al-Majalis wa'l-musayarat as Responsa to Internal Controversy and External Propaganda Hasan al-Khoee 5. (Re)-making time, (Re)-making place: Some Considerations on Early Fatimid Ta?wil and Sacred Space Jamel A. Velji 6.
Fatimid Public Pronouncements: Messages from a Shi?i Dynasty to a Cosmopolitan Empire Paul E. Walker II. The Fatimid Legacy Reconsidered 1. The Modern Rediscovery of the Fatimid Artistic and Architectural Legacy in Egypt Dina Ishak Bakhoum 2. A Dynasty for All Seasons: The Fatimids in Modern and Contemporary Cosmopolitanism Discourses Delia Cortese 3. Wladimir Ivanow and Fatimid Studies Farhad Daftary 4. The Untold Problem of Ibn al-Haytham's Scientific Legacy in Islamic Art History Valerie Gonzalez 5. The Fatimids and the Indian Ocean: Evidence from the Book of Curiosities Yossef Rapoport III.
Fatimid Ceremony and Symbolism 1. The Fatimid Crescent: Understanding a Complex Religio-Political Cosmos through Lunar Symbolism Ali Asgar Alibhai 2. The Power of Six - Astral, Solomonic and Imami Imagery in Fatimid Art Bernard O'Kane 3. The Cosmopolitan Ecosystem of the Festival Costumes of 515/1122 Paula Sanders 4. Back to Black Background: The Rediscovery of Black Background and the Aesthetic of Darkness - A Global Visual Spectacle during the Fatimid Age Avinoam Shalem 5. 'Displaying the Hidden: Fatimid Public Texts in Floriated Kufic' Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics and Religion Yasser Tabbaa IV. Art and Archeology 1. A Fatimid Mermaid Doris Behrens-Abouseif and Juan de Lara 2.
'The Work is Blessed, Unique': The Fatimid Silver Casket of Sadaqa b. Yusuf Anna Contadini 3. Fatimid Jewellery Hoards from Palestine in the Light of the Cairo Geniza Documents Ayala Lester 4. The Fatimid Rock Crystal Ewers - Innovation or Variation? A Historical and Iconographical Investigation Marcus Pilz 5. Seventeen Years of Archeological Excavations in Cairo: The Ismaili capital city and Fustat during the Fatimid period Stephane Pradines 6. Reassessing Fatimid Figuralism: Ettinghausen, Grabar and a Medieval Lustre Workshop[e1] Jennifer A. Pruit Select Bibliography Credits Index.