Jennifer A. Pruitt is assistant professor of Islamic art history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
“A highly scholarly and perceptive book about a complicated,
enigmatic dynasty: the Fatimids. The author explains the meaning of
early Fatimid architecture in Tunisia and Egypt by probing their
sectarian identity and bid for political legitimacy.”—D. Fairchild
Ruggles, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
“This book offers a new reading of Fatimid architecture and
urbanism, using texts, archaeology, and monuments to explore
artistic creation—and destruction—against a backdrop of contested
medieval religious identities and the negotiation of sectarian
differences.”—Glaire Anderson, University of Edinburgh
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