The Fatimid Legacy and the Foundation of the Modern Nizari Ismaili Imamate
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Date
2017
Authors
Beben, Daniel
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I. B. Tauris.
Abstract
The Fatimid era is ubiquitous today in the discourse of the Nizari
Ismaili imamate. Yet this was not always the case. As with other
societies and religious communities the world over, the arrangement
and presentation of history in the Ismaili tradition has
evolved in the course of time, with new historiographical agendas
and subjects of emphasis emerging or receding in response
to changes in the political and social contexts. In this chapter the
place of the Fatimids in the cultural memory of the Nizari Ismailis
in the post-Mongol era will be explored. 2 It will be argued that
the emphasis placed on the Fatimid era in present-day Nizari discourse
is a relatively recent development, rooted in the dynamic
changes that occurred in the social and political context of the
community in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Beben, D. (2017). The Fatimid Legacy and the Foundation of the Modern Nizārī Imamate. In The Fatimid Caliphate: Diversity of Traditions I. B. Tauris.