Abstract

Review article on HALM, H., Die Kalifen von Kairo. Die Fatimiden in Agypten 973-1074. Verlag C.H. Beck, Munchen, 2003; CORTESE, D. and S. CALDERINI, Women and the Fatimids in the world of Islam. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2006; MERI, J.W., The Cult of Saints among Muslims and Jews in Medieval Syria. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002. With remarks on the state of research on the history of the Fatimid period and its sources, with particular attention to Sunni-Shia (Ismaili) relations, the status of non-Muslims (Jews, Christians) and gender issues.

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