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Memoirs of a Mission - The Ismaili Scholar, Statesman and Poet, Al-Mu-ayyad Fi'l-Din Al-Shirazi (Hardcover)
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Memoirs of a Mission - The Ismaili Scholar, Statesman and Poet, Al-Mu-ayyad Fi'l-Din Al-Shirazi (Hardcover)
Series: Ismaili Heritage Series, v. 9
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Al-Mu'ayyad fi'l-DIn al-ShIrzI (died 470/1087), was an outstanding,
multi-talented Fatimid scholar of Persian origin. He excelled as a
missionary-agent, statesman, poet, preacher and theologian. Based
on his autobiography, this work provides an insight into the
remarkable life and achievements of al-Mu'ayyad through the
important stages of his career, describing his daring attempt to
win over the Buyids of western Iraq to the Fatimid cause, his
dangerous flight to Cairo and finally his expedition to Syria and
Iraq to build up an alliance of local rulers against the invading
Saljuk Turks. The author demonstrates that in addition to being an
intriguing personal account, the life of al-Mu'ayyad is a rich
source of Islamic history in the 5/llth century, which deals with
crucial events in the struggle between the Fatimids, Abbasids,
Buyids and Saljuks for supremacy in the Muslim world.
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