01
Modern research monograph
The Fatimids, Vol. I
A contextual survey of the first rulers, North Africa and Cairo’s beginnings.
Open publisher or institutional catalogue ↗Source guide and bibliography
Fatimid Historical Sources and Research Guide
Curated primary texts, critical editions, institutional records, heritage sources and reading methods for Fatimid history.
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Scholarly references and source types
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02
Modern research monograph
The Fatimids, Vol. II
The Egyptian period and its political, social, religious and cultural networks.
Open publisher or institutional catalogue ↗03
Later medieval chronicle — critical edition
Ittiʿaz al-hunafa
A valuable later source for the reigns and urban history of the Fatimids; written long after the events.
Open publisher or institutional catalogue ↗04
Edited historical sermons
Orations of the Fatimid Caliphs
A collection of public sermons relevant to early Fatimid political and religious communication.
Open publisher or institutional catalogue ↗05
Autobiography — modern scholarly study
Memoirs of a Mission
A historical window onto al-Muʾayyad’s career and eleventh-century networks.
Open publisher or institutional catalogue ↗06
Modern lineage study
The Ismaili Imams
Context for the shared Fatimid Imamat and the Nizari continuation after 1094.
Open publisher or institutional catalogue ↗07
Institutional heritage inventory
Historic Cairo
Documentation of historic Cairo and the Fatimid monuments within its urban heritage.
Open publisher or institutional catalogue ↗08
Official monument records
Egyptian Monuments Portal
Descriptions and dates for al-Hakim, al-Aqmar and the walls of Cairo.
Open publisher or institutional catalogue ↗Documented research
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