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Islam and Sufism

The Fatimids and Their Traditions of Learning

by Heinz Halm

A short study of the institutions of learning under the Fatimid caliphs, from the 'sessions of wisdom' held for the faithful to the House of Knowledge in Cairo. Halm explains how the Ismaili da'wa trained and organised its missionaries.

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