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A study of the reign of the fifth Fatimid Imam/Caliph Al-Aziz Billah

The fifth Fätiimid Imam/Caliph, al-'Aziz billäh, is viewed in
a number of primary sources as being the best of the Fätimid
sovereigns. Yet, this particular Fätimid ruler has hitherto
received little attention either from scholars in the Arab
world, or in the West. This thesis seeks to remedy this
neglect and aims to conduct a thorough study of the reign of
al-'Aziz billäh.

After an initial survey of sources and a political overview
of the reign of al-'Aziz, the thesis undertakes an analysis
of his religious policies vis-ä-vis his Muslim subjects and
the ahl al-Kitäb. The relations of al-'Aziz with his three
powerful neighbours - the Büyids and the 'Abbäsids at
Baghdad, the Byzantine Empire and the Umayyads of Andalusia
- are then examined.

As a result of these investigations, al-'Aziz billäh emerges
as an extremely competent, yet humane sovereign with whom
even the most powerful potentates of his time, including the
great 'Adüd al-Dawla, sought to establish diplomatic
relations

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A study of the reign of the fifth Fatimid Imam/Caliph Al-Aziz Billah.

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