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The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: a history of survival, a search for salvation

Shafique N. Virani 2007 © Oxford University Press
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  • 9780195311730 (hardcover)
  • 9780198042594 (ebook)
Subject
  • Middle Eastern: 632-1918
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  • Frontmatter
  • NOTE ON THE TEXT (page xi)
  • Map of the Near East (page xvi)
  • Map of the Iranian Lands (page xviii)
  • INTRODUCTION (page 3)
    • Emerging from Obscurity (page 9)
    • Signposts for the Way (page 13)
  • ONE - RECOVERING A LOST HISTORY (page 19)
    • History Is Written by the Victors (page 22)
    • Asking the People of the House (page 25)
  • TWO - THE EAGLE RETURNS (page 29)
    • A Corrective to 'Ata-Malik Juwayni's Narrative (page 30)
    • In the Shadows of the Ilkhanids (page 33)
    • The Trials of the Kushayji Family (page 34)
    • The Appearance of Khudawand Muhammad (page 35)
    • Continued Ismaili Activity (page 37)
    • Testimony from Latin, Khurasani, and South Asian Sources (page 39)
    • Conclusion (page 43)
  • THREE - VEILING THE SUN (page 47)
    • Imamate of Shams al-Din Muhammad (page 49)
    • Nizari Quhistani (d. 720/1320) (page 60)
  • FOUR - SUMMONING TO THE TRUTH (page 71)
    • The Da'wa (page 72)
    • Imam Qasimshah (page 77)
    • Qasim Tushtari (or Turshizi) (page 87)
  • FIVE - POSSESSORS OF THE COMMAND (page 91)
    • The Command and the Commander (page 91)
    • The Imams Islamshah b. Qasimshah and Muhammad b. Islamshah (page 94)
  • SIX - QIBLA OF THE WORLD (page 109)
    • Transference of the Seat of Imamate to Anjudan (page 112)
    • Imamate of Mustansir bi'llah (d. 885/1480) (page 116)
    • Imamate of 'Abd al-Salam (d. ca. 899/1493) (page 119)
    • Imamate of Gharib Mirza (d. 904-1498) (page 121)
  • SEVEN - THE WAY OF THE SEEKER (page 133)
    • Veiling and Unveiling: The Workings of Taqiyya (page 136)
    • The Workings of the Da'wa (page 148)
  • EIGHT - SALVATION AND IMAMATE (page 165)
    • "You have done this, and yet you have not done it" (page 165)
    • Seekers of Union (page 168)
    • Conclusion (page 182)
  • AFTERWORD (page 183)
  • GLOSSARY (page 187)
  • ABBREVIATIONS (page 195)
  • NOTES (page 197)
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 265)
  • INDEX (page 291)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JAOS 128.3 (Jul. - Sep. 2008): 574-577 http://www.jstor.org/stable/25608419
JAS 67.4 (Nov. 2008): 1397-1400 http://www.jstor.org/stable/20203490
CSAM 28.3 (2008): 560-562 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/comparative_studies_of_south_asia_africa_and_the_middle_east/v028/28.3.jamal.html
UTQ 80.2 (Spring 2011): 268-270 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/university_of_toronto_quarterly/v080/80.2.husain.html
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