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59 'Amri, Rawda, p. 358.
60 Zarkali, A'lam, vol. 1, p. 289.
61 Thawr, Hadhihi, p. 284.
62 'Alawi, Tarikh Hadramawt, p. 342.
63 Ibid.
64 Thawr, Hadhihi, p. 284.
65 'Alawi, Tarikh Hadramawt, p. 343.
66 Ibn al-Athir, Kamil, vol. 8, p. 294.
67 Ibid.
68 Ibid., p. 398.
69 W. Madelung in the article on 'Isma'iliyya', Encyclopedia of Islam.
70 Ibid.
71 Kamil, Yaman, p. 17.
CHAPTER 9 THE LADY OF CAIRO
1 There are many biographies of Sitt al-Mulk in Arabic. The early
sources most often referred to are: 'Amri, Rawda (see ch. 6 n. 4
above), pp. 462-6; 'Abdallah Inan, Tarajim Islamiyya sharkiyya wa
andalusiyya (Cairo: Dar al-Ma'arif, 1947), pp. 34-41; 'Amili, Al-durr
al-manthur (see ch. 6 n. 7 above), pp. 240-1; 'AH Ibrahim Hasan,
Nisa' lahunnafi al-tarikh al-Islami nasib (Cairo: Maktaba al-Nahda al-
Misriyya, 1970), pp. 108-14.
2 The complete title was al-dhahir li i'zaz dim Allah. See a biography
of him in Ibn Khallikan, Wafayat al-a'yan (Beirut: Dar al-Thaqafa,
n.d.), vol. 3, pp. 406ff, and an account of his enthronement in Ibn al-
Athir, Al-kamilfi al-tarikh (Beirut: Dar al-Fikr, n.d.), vol. 8, p. 131.
3 Zarkali, A'lam (see ch. 1 n. 35 above), vol. 3, p. 78. See also Ibn
Khallikan, Wafayat, vol. 8, p. 130.
4 Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd edn (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1960), article on
'Libas'.
5 Colour has always played a primordial role in the ritual and symbols
of power in the Arab dynasties, and challenge to the established
power was accompanied by the adoption of a different colour. See
Encyclopedia of Islam, article on 'Libas'.
6 Ibn Khallikan, Wafayat, vol. 5, p. 372.
7 Some say she was a Copt. Inan, Tarajim, p. 34.
8 Ibn al-Athir, Kamil, vol. 7, p. 477.
9 See the biography of al-'Aziz under the name of Nizar al-'Ubaidi in
Ibn Khallikan, Wafayat, vol. 5, p. 372.
10 Ibn al-Athir, Kamil, vol. 7. p. 477.
11 Ibid.
12 Inan, Tarajim, pp. 35, 36.
13 Ibn Khallikan, Wafayat, vol. 5, p. 371.
14 Ibid., p. 372.