Caliph of Cairo: Al-Hakim Bi-Amr Allah, 996-1021 - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:American University in Cairo PressISBN-13:9789774165689ISBN-10:9774165683UPC:9789774165689Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, Middle EastBook Topic:EgyptSize:8.90 x 5.80 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCPYZYAG3V
Caliph of Cairo: Al-Hakim Bi-Amr Allah, 996-1021
One night in the year 411/1021, the powerful ruler of the Fatimid empire, al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, rode out of the southern gates of Cairo and was never seen again. Was the caliph murdered, or could he have decided to abandon his royal life, wandering off to live alone and anonymous? Whatever the truth, the fact was that al-Hakim had literally vanished into the desert. Yet al-Hakim, though shrouded...
Language:EnglishPublisher:American University in Cairo PressISBN-13:9789774165689ISBN-10:9774165683UPC:9789774165689Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, Middle EastBook Topic:EgyptSize:8.90 x 5.80 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCPYZYAG3V
Paul E. Walker is Deputy Director for Academic Programs, Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago and a historian of ideas specializing in medieval Islamic history.
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