Nasseh Ahmad Mirza

Syrian Ismailism

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

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 348g
• ISBN-13: 9780700705047
• ISBN-10: 070070504X
• Artikelnr.: 37179804

Autorenporträt

Nasseh Ahmad Mirza

Inhaltsangabe

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