Product Description: This volume of "Encyclopaedia Islamica" is the fifth of a projected 16-volume publication, consisting of an abridged and edited translation of the Persian "D irat al-Ma rif-i Buzurg-i Isl m ," one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world...read more

Product Description: Jusqu'au milieu du XXe siecle, les ismaeliens ont ete etudies et juges en se fondant quasi-exclusivement sur la foi des informations recueillies ou forgees de toutes pieces par leurs ennemis. Il en est ressorti quantite de mythes et de legendes sur leurs enseignements et leurs pratiques qui ont largement circule dans les societes musulmanes et en Occident...read more

Product Description: This volume of Encyclopaedia Islamica is the second of a projected 16-volume publication, consisting of an abridged and edited translation of the Persian D irat al-Ma rif-i Buzurg-i Isl m , one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world...read more

Product Description: This volume of "Encyclopaedia Islamica" is the first of a projected 16-volume publication, consisting of an abridged and edited translation of the Persian "D irat al-Ma rif-i Buzurg-i Isl m ," one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world...read more

This authoritative book traces the history and doctrinal development of the Isma'ili movement from its origins to the present day, a period of twelve centuries. It is the first comprehensive synthesis of the scattered results of modern scholarship on the subject and it draws on numerous primary and secondary texts, and particularly a number of private Isma'ili manuscripts that have recently become available. All the major phases of Isma'ili history are covered. From the pre-Fatimid period, Dr. Daftary conducts a detailed investigation through the Fatimid "golden age" and the troubled Musta'li-Tayyibi period up to the spiritual and physical strengths of Mizari Isma'ilism in Syria and Iran before the onslaught of the Mongols. The last part of the book discusses the modern developments of Isma'ilism, particularly in Iran and on the Indian subcontinent. For all students of Islamic and Middle Eastern history this volume will serve as the most definitive account yet of the history of the Isma'ilis and their movement.

Product Description: Depuis le XIIe siecle, l'imagination des Europeens a ete captivee par des contes fantastiques sur les Assassins, leur mysterieux dirigeant et leurs forteresses isolees dans les chaines montagneuses de la Syrie et du nord de l'Iran...read more

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This work explores the role of the intellect in the legal, theological, philosophical, and mystical traditions of Islam, and of its continuing relevance in the efforts of the contemporary Muslim world to address the challenges of modernity. Leading scholars who have included chapters--all originally written for this book--include Mohammad Arkoun, Norman Calder, John Cooper, Muhsin Mahdi, Abdulaziz Sachedina, Annemarie Schimmel, and others. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Until recently, the Ismai`ilis were judged almost exclusively on the basis of hostile Muslim and European sources. This volume, the result of some of the most recent scholarship in the area and written by leading contemporary authorities in the field, sheds a new and more realistic light on their history...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A major Shi'i Muslim community with a long and eventful history, the Ismailis were until recently studied primarily on the basis of the accounts of their enemies, including the Sunni polemicists and the Crusader chroniclers. As a result, a host of legends were disseminated on the teachings and practices of the Ismailis. The study of Ismailism began to be revolutionized from the 1930s, with the recovery of a large number of Ismaili texts preserved in private collections. A Short History of the Ismailis brings together the results of modern scholarship on the highlights of Ismaili history and doctrines within the broader contexts of Islamic history and Shi'i thought. Critically examining the Ismaili historiography and other types of relevant source materials, this book covers the main developments in all the major phases of Ismaili history, including the early formative period, the Fatimid and Ismaili golden age, and the Alamut and post-Alamut periods. It also examines the major schisms among the Islmailis as well as their more recent history. (view table of contents)