FOZIA BORA
Biographic Data
| ID | 5613048 |
|---|---|
| NAME | FOZIA BORA |
| GIVEN NAMES | FOZIA |
| FAMILY NAME | BORA |
| SIGNATURE | BORA F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Did Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Destroy the Fatimids' Books? An Historiographical Enquiry
A persistent myth featuring in some modern accounts of the transition from Fatimid to Ayyubid rule (1169–71) is that one of Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn's (r. 1171–93) first actions upon attaining sovereignty over Egypt was to destroy the Fatimids’ book collections in their entirety. Medieval sources present a different, more nuanced depiction of books sold and dispersed over a decade or more, rather than extirpated and put out of circulation altogether. This ar…
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Did Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Destroy the Fatimids' Books? An Historiographical Enquiry
A persistent myth featuring in some modern accounts of the transition from Fatimid to Ayyubid rule (1169–71) is that one of Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn's (r. 1171–93) first actions upon attaining sovereignty over Egypt was to destroy the Fatimids’ book collections in their entirety. Medieval sources present a different, more nuanced depiction of books sold and dispersed over a decade or more, rather than extirpated and put out of circulation altogether. This ar…
Ancient history (1 work) · Arabic (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Astrology (1 work) · Character (mathematics) (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Depiction (1 work) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (1 work)