Intellectual heritage

Fatimid Scholars, Libraries and Learning

A bilingual guide to Fatimid scholarship, people and institutions.

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Centres of learning

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Thinkers and scholars

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Evidence policy for historical portraits

When no authentic contemporary portrait survives, HSKRC does not attribute a modern imagined image to a historical figure. Any modern illustration must be explicitly labelled as an illustration.

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Sources and further reading

The following historical and scholarly sources support this entry. The original publications are linked for independent verification.

  1. The Ismaili Imamat: A Brief History — IIS1094 succession and institutions
  2. Mediaeval Ismailis of Iranian Lands — IISIranian mission and Fatimid intellectual life
  3. Verena Klemm, Memoirs of a Mission — IISal-Muʾayyad's life and memoirs
  4. Orations of the Fatimid Caliphs — IISEdited sermons and historical documents
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