Epilogue

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The Early Fatimid Period and al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh 18
7. 2 The Daʿwa Apparatus and the Dissemination of Fatimid Religious Tenets during al-Ḥākim’s Reign 41
8. 3 The Mosque of al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh 70
9. 4 The Mosque’s Inscriptions: Some General Remarks 103
10. 5 The Inscriptions of the Miḥrāb Area, the Central Dome and Central Passage 115
11. 6 The Inscriptions in the First Riwāq (Aisle) on Both Sides of the Miḥrāb Area, Including the Two Lateral Domes 136
12. 7 The Inscriptions in the Other Riwāqs (2–5) to the Right of the Central Passage 163
13. 8 The Inscriptions in the Other Riwāqs (2–5) to the Left of the Central Passage 188
14. 9 The External Inscriptions of al-Ḥākim Mosque 215
15. Conclusions 257
16. Epilogue 271
17. Bibliography 272
18. Index 286