A Muslim-Christian Heterarchy in 12th-Century Cairo: Plural Perspectives on a Patriarch Visiting a Vizier
In 1103 C.E. the newly elected Coptic patriarch Abā Maqāra rode in a procession to the residence of the Fatimid vizier al-Afḍal in al-Qāhira, where a ceremonial reception took place. Both men represented entangled political groups of interest, and this moment can be taken as an equilibrium of power...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2022
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Numen
Année: 2022, Volume: 69, Numéro: 2/3, Pages: 163-184 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Kairo
/ Fatimidenreich, Vizir
/ Église copte
/ Dialogue interreligieux
/ Hiérarchie
/ Heterarchie
/ Ordre social
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions AF Géographie religieuse AX Dialogue interreligieux BJ Islam CC Christianisme et religions non-chrétiennes; relations interreligieuses CG Christianisme et politique KAE Moyen Âge central KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord KDF Église orthodoxe |
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Public Sphere
B Coptic Church B heterarchy / hierarchy B Political Discourse B Urban Studies B Muslim rule |
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| Résumé: | In 1103 C.E. the newly elected Coptic patriarch Abā Maqāra rode in a procession to the residence of the Fatimid vizier al-Afḍal in al-Qāhira, where a ceremonial reception took place. Both men represented entangled political groups of interest, and this moment can be taken as an equilibrium of power between the city’s Muslims and Christians. At least, the main document about the event evokes this impression: being part of the official historiography of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church, this text is an element of political negotiations and semantics too. Carole Crumley’s approach of a dynamic interplay between hierarchy and heterarchy can be a tool for better understanding this historic moment and for illuminating its complex sociocultural and spatial constructions. On the one hand, the Christians’ status was shaped by the strict ranking of the ḏimma-law. On the other hand, Cairo was like other urban settlements under Muslim rule: at least in some aspects an heir of the antique polis representing several groups of interest. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5276 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685276-12341651 |