1st Edition
Syrian Ismailism The Ever Living Line of the Imamate, A.D. 1100--1260
By Nasseh Ahmad Mirza
Copyright 1997
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is a welcome addition to an all too scant literature on the Ismaili communities of Syria. In addition to a wide reading of Arabic sources and a deep familiarity with the existing scholarly literature, Professor Mirza also brings to light new manuscripts illuminating this history. Syrian Ismailism tells the little-known story of the adaptability and survival of Ismailis in Syria in an era... Read more
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
Biography
Nasseh Ahmad Mirza
