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Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONS

1. A History of the Fatimid Khutba

2. Rhetoric and Themes in the Surviving Khutbas

PART TWO: THE KHUTBAS

1. Khutba of al-Qā'im: On the 'Id al-fitr, 302 (19 April 915) at Alexandria

2. Khutba of al-Qā'im: Rajab 333 (March 945). During the siege of al-Mahdiyya. Read by al-Marwadhī

3. Khutba of al-Mansūr: As walī li'l-'ahd (Heir-apparent) on the 'Id al fitr, 334 (6 May 946) at al-Mahdiyya

4. Khutba of al-Mansūr: On Friday, 14 Muharram 335 (16 August 946). Read by Ja'far b. 'Alī, the Chamberlain, in the Mosque of Qayrawān

5. Khutba of al-Mansūr: On the 'Id al-fitr, 335 (25 April 947). During the siege of Abū Yazīs at Kiyāna

6. Khutba of al-Mansūr: On the 'Id al-adhā 335 (2 July 947). During the siege of Abū Yazīs at Kiyāna

7. Khutba of al-Mansūr: On the 'Id al-fitr, 336 (14 April 948), at Mahdiyya

8. Khutba of al-Mansūr: On the 'Id al-nahr, 336 (21 June 948) at al-Mahdiyya

9. Khutba of al-Mu'izz: On the 'Id al-nahr, 341 (28 April 953) at al-Mansūriyya

10. Khutba of al-Mu'izz

11. Khutba of Qirwāsh: On 4 Muharram 401 (18 August 1010) at Mawsil

12. Khutba of al-Āmir: On Friday, during Ramadān

13. Khutba of al-Āmir: On the 'Id al-fitr

Glossary

Bibliography

English Index

Arabic Index

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