Social Acceptance of the Fatimid Caliphs in the Light of Social Vitality of Popular Rituals
After the transfer of power to Cairo and selection of Cairo as the capital of Islam, the Fatimids needed to strengthen the legitimacy and acceptability of their caliphate against the Abbasid caliphate and in the Sunni community of Egypt in order to continue their political and social life.With its analytical approach and the method of collecting library data, this article examined the function of social vitality of popular rituals in Fatimid Egypt. Examining the functions of social vitality in empowering the Fatimid government and showing the glory of the caliphate and legitimacy of the government to face the Abbasid caliphate are very important. Studies have shown that the cultural function of social vitality of folk mirrors in the fields of symbolic function, education, and tolerance, its social function in the fields of social supervision, submission to the caliphs and honoring the Fatimid caliphs, and social cohesion have been very helpful and brought legitimacy to the Fatimid caliphate.
- حق عضویت دریافتی صرف حمایت از نشریات عضو و نگهداری، تکمیل و توسعه مگیران میشود.
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