Chapter 3. The Fatimids and Isma‘ili Shi‘ism in North Africa

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements and a Note on Transliteration vii
4. Timeline ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. When did Sunnism Become Orthodox? 17
7. Chapter 2. Non-Sunni Islams Before the Tenth Century 27
8. Chapter 3. The Fatimids and Isma‘ili Shi‘ism in North Africa 37
9. Chapter 4. The Buyids and Shiʿism in Baghdad 59
10. Conclusion: Reactions to the Shiʿi Century 77
11. Glossary of Key Terms 91
12. Further Reading 103