A Short History of the Fatimid KhalifateO'Leary, De Lacy
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A Short History of the Fatimid Khalifate
O'Leary, De Lacy
Egypt -- History -- 640-1250; Egypt -- Kings and rulers; Fatimites -- History
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INDEX
A
ʿAbbas, 229
—wazir, 230
Abdan, 45
ʿAbdullah, founder (or reformer) of Ismaʿilite sect, 16, 17, 21, 32
ʿAbdullah b. Essaig, minister to the Aghlabids, 66
Abu ʿAbdullah, missionary in N. Africa, 57 sqq.
—suspected, 69
—executed, 71
Abu Khatam’s sect, 48
Abu Najah, the monk and minister of finance, 220
Abu Raqwa, Umayyad claimant in
—invades Egypt, 149 sqq.
—N. Africa, 147 sqq.
—defeated, 151
—death, 152
Aghlabid dynasty in N. Africa, 59, 247
Ahmad, son of Abdullah, 33
Ahmah, wazir to al-Hafiz, 222-223
Al-Adid, 235
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