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Author Daftary, Farhad.

Title The Ismāʻı̄lı̄s : their history and doctrines / Farhad Daftary
Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990

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 MELB  297.822 Daf/Ith  AVAILABLE
Description xviii, 804 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- Foreword Wilferd Madelung -- Preface -- Note on the text -- 1. Introduction: western progress in Isma'ili studies -- 2. Origins and early development of Shi'ism -- 3. Early Isma'ilism -- 4. Fatimid Isma'ilism -- 5. Musta'lian Isma'ilism -- 6. Nizari Isma'ilism of the Alamut period -- 7. Post-Alamut Nizari Isma'ilism -- Genealogical tables and lists -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 725-742) and index
Subject Ismailites.
LC no. 89007257
ISBN 0521370191
0521429749