Mediaeval Ismaʻili history and thought
Until recently, the Isma`ilis were judged almost exclusively on the basis of hostile Muslim and European sources. This volume, written by leading contemporary authorities in the field, sheds a more realistic light on their hist
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| 300 | |a xviii, 331 pages |c 23 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: Isma'ilis and Isma'ili studies / Farhad Daftary -- The Fatimids and the Qarmatis of Bahrayn / Wilferd Madelung -- The cosmology of the pre-Fatimid Isma'iliyya / Heinz Halm -- Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani and the seven faculties of the Intellect / Wilferd Madelung -- The Isma'ili oath of allegiance ('abd) and the 'sessions of wisdom' (majalis al-hikma) in Fatimid times / Heinz Halm -- Al-Qadi al-Nu'man and Isma'ili jurisprudence / Ismail K. Poonawala -- A critique of Paul Casanova's dating of the Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa / Abbas Hamdani -- Portraits of self and others: Isma'ili perspectives on the history of religions / Azim A. Nanji -- An Isma'ili version of the heresiography of the seventy-two erring sects / Paul E. Walker -- Hasan-i Sabbah and the origins of the Nizari Isma'ili movement / Farhad Daftary -- The power struggle between the Saljuqs and the Isma'ilis of Alamut, 487-518/1094-1124: The Saljuq perspective / Carole Hillenbrand -- The Isma'ilis of Quhistan and the Maliks of Nimruz or Sistan / C. Edmund Bosworth -- The philosopher/vizier: Khwaja Nasir al-Din al-Tusi and the Isma'ilis / Hamid Dabashi -- 'Sometimes by the sword, sometimes by the dagger': The role of the Isma'ilis in Mamluk-Mongol relations in the 8th/14th century / Charles Melville -- The Isma'ili ginans: Reflections on authority and authorship / Ali S. Asani -- The Nuqtawi movement of Mahmud Pisikhani and his Persian cycle of mystical-materialism / Abbas Amanat | |
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