Syrian Ismailism: The Ever Living Line of the Imamate, A.D. 1100--1260

ISBN-13: 9780700705054 / Miękka / 1997 / 164 str.

Nasseh Ahmad Mirza

Opis

This is a welcome addition to the scant literature on the Ismaili communities of Syria. In addition to a wide reading of Arabic sources and a deep familiarity with existing scholarly literature, Prof. Mirza brings to light new manuscripts illuminating this history.

Spis treści

1: Introduction; One: An Outline of the Political History of the Amirate of Mis?yaf; 2: The Principality of Misyaf under Sinan 1; 3: The Syrian Isma‘ilis from the Death of Sinan to the Fall of Alamut; 4: The Syrian Isma‘ilis under the Early Mamluks; Two: Beliefs and Organization; 5: The Universal Divine Order; 6: The Organization of the Da‘wa; 7: Concluding Remarks: Isma‘ilism in Perspective

O autorze

Nasseh Ahmad Mirza