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Ismailis in the Middle Ages : A History of Survival, a Search for Salvation
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 111.95 $"None of that people should be spared, not even the babe in its cradle." With these chilling words, the Mongol warlord Genghis Khan declared his intention to destroy the Ismailis, one of the most intellectually and politically significant Muslim communities of medieval Islamdom. The massacres that followed convinced observers that this powerful voice of Shi'i Islam had been forever silenced. Little was heard of these people for centuries, until their recent and dramatic emergence from obscurity. Today they exist as a dynamic and thriving community established in over twenty-five countries. Yet the interval between what appeared to have been their total annihilation, and their modern, seemingly phoenix-like renaissance, has remained shrouded in mystery. Drawing on an astonishing array of sources gathered from many countries around the globe, The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, A Search for Salvation is a richly nuanced and compelling study of the murkiest portion of this era. In probing the period from the dark days when the Ismaili fortresses in Iran fell before the marauding Mongol hordes, to the emergence at Anjudan of the Ismaili Imams who provided a spiritual centre to a scattered community, this work explores the motivations, passions and presumptions of historical actors. With penetrating insight, Shafique N. Virani examines the rich esoteric thought that animated the Ismailis and enabled them to persevere. A work of remarkable erudition, this landmark book is essential reading for scholars of Islamic history and spirituality, Shi'ism and Iran. Both specialists and informed lay readers will take pleasure not only in its scholarly perception, but in its lively anecdotes, quotations of delightful poetry, and gripping narrative style. This is an extraordinary book of historical beauty and spiritual vision.
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The Ismaili Imams: A Biographical History
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 51.13 $Minimal wear to cover. Pages clean and binding tight. Hardcover.
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The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, a Search for Salvation
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 34.34 $"None of that people should be spared, not even the babe in its cradle." With these chilling words, the Mongol warlord Genghis Khan declared his intention to destroy the Ismailis, one of the most intellectually and politically significant Muslim communities of medieval Islamdom. The massacres that followed convinced observers that this powerful voice of Shi'i Islam had been forever silenced. Little was heard of these people for centuries, until their recent and dramatic emergence from obscurity. Today they exist as a dynamic and thriving community established in over twenty-five countries. Yet the interval between what appeared to have been their total annihilation, and their modern, seemingly phoenix-like renaissance, has remained shrouded in mystery. Drawing on an astonishing array of sources gathered from many countries around the globe, The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, A Search for Salvation is a richly nuanced and compelling study of the murkiest portion of this era. In probing the period from the dark days when the Ismaili fortresses in Iran fell before the marauding Mongol hordes, to the emergence at Anjudan of the Ismaili Imams who provided a spiritual centre to a scattered community, this work explores the motivations, passions and presumptions of historical actors. With penetrating insight, Shafique N. Virani examines the rich esoteric thought that animated the Ismailis and enabled them to persevere. A work of remarkable erudition, this landmark book is essential reading for scholars of Islamic history and spirituality, Shi'ism and Iran. Both specialists and informed lay readers will take pleasure not only in its scholarly perception, but in its lively anecdotes, quotations of delightful poetry, and gripping narrative style. This is an extraordinary book of historical beauty and spiritual vision.
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Cyclical Time & Ismaili Gnosis
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 206.38 $First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Cyclical Time & Ismaili Gnosis (Islamic Texts and Contexts)
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 4.73 $First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Cyclical Time & Ismaili Gnosis (Islamic Texts and Contexts)
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 68.45 $First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Cyclical Time & Ismaili Gnosis
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 42.86 $First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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The Paradise of Submission Ismaili Texts and Translations A Medieval Treatise on Ismaili Thought v 5
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 7.21 $Nasir al-din Tusi, the renowned Shi‘i scholar of the 13th century, produced a range of writings under Ismaili and later the Mongol patronage. This is a new English translation of his Rawda-yi taslim--the single most important Ismaili text from the Alamut period. In this work the Persian and English texts are edited and published together for the first time. This is Tusi’s major Ismaili work and the most important primary source on Ismaili doctrines during the Alamut period.
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The Book of Unveiling: Early Fatimid Ismaili Doctrine in the Kitab al-Kashf, attributed to Jaâfar b. Mansur b. al-Yaman (Shi'i Heritage Series)
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 27.92 $Has a sturdy binding with some shelf wear. May have some markings or highlighting. Used copies may not include access codes or Cd's. Slight bending may be present.
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The Book of Unveiling: Early Fatimid Ismaili Doctrine in the Kitab al-Kashf, attributed to Ja'far b. Mansur b. al-Yaman (Shi'i Heritage Series)
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 40.58 $Book is in NEW condition. 1.79
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A Modern History of the Ismailis: Continuity and Change in a Muslim Community (Ismaili Heritage)
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 221.75 $The Ismailis have enjoyed a long, eventful and complex history dating back to the 8eigth century CE and originating in the Shi'i tradition of Islam. During the medieval period, Ismailis of different regions--especially in central Asia, south Asia, Iran and Syria--developed and elaborated their own distinctive literary and intellectual traditions, which have made an outstanding contribution to the culture of Islam as a whole. At the same time, the Ismailis in the Middle Ages split into two main groups who followed different spiritual leaders. The Nizari Ismailis came to have a line of imams now represented by the Agha Khans, while the Tayyibi Ismailis – known in South Asia as the Bohras – came to be led by da'is (vicegerents of the concealed imams).This collection is the first scholarly attempt to survey the modern history of both Ismaili groupings since the middle of the 19th century. It covers a variety of topical issues and themes, such as the modernizing policies of the Aga Khans, and also includes original studies of regional developments in Ismaili communities worldwide. The contributors focus too on how the Ismailis as a religious community have responded to the twin challenges of modernity and emigration to the West.A Modern History of the Ismailis will be welcomed as the most complete assessment yet published of the recent trajectory of this fascinating and influential Shi'i community.
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A Short History of the Ismailis: Traditions of a Muslim Community (The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys) Daftary, Farhad
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 131.75 $Despite being one of the key Shi'i Muslim communities, the Ismailis were until recently studied primarily on the basis of the accounts of their enemies. This new introduction is the first to be based on modern scholarship, taking account of recently recovered Ismaili texts. It covers all themain developments in the major phases of Ismaili history, from the early formative period, through the Fatamid golden age and the Alamut and post-Alamut periods, to more recent history. Dealing only with the most important historical developments, this is a comprehensive and accessible survey forall newcomers to the subject.
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The Paradise of Submission: A Medieval Treatise on Ismaili Thought (Ismaili Texts and Translations)
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 43.75 $Nasir al-din Tusi, the renowned Shi‘i scholar of the 13th century, produced a range of writings under Ismaili and later the Mongol patronage. This is a new English translation of his Rawda-yi taslim--the single most important Ismaili text from the Alamut period. In this work the Persian and English texts are edited and published together for the first time. This is Tusi’s major Ismaili work and the most important primary source on Ismaili doctrines during the Alamut period.
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Ginans: Texts and Contexts: Essays on Ismaili Hymns from South Asia
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 37.57 $The Satpanth Ismaili Muslims of South Asia have a beautiful tradition of religious poetry called Ginans which they have sung for many centuries in daily rituals. This small Shi'a community has spread from India to other continents, but it has held fast to the practice of singing Ginans. Composed in Indian languages and idiom, the Ginans illustrate how Muslims were influenced by the surrounding cultures and philosophies, and created new ways of expressing their beliefs and values. Although this living tradition of religious songs is central to Ismaili practice, only a handful of studies have dealt with the subject. This collection of essays on the Ginans by academic scholars and community enthusiasts is written in honour of Zawahir Moir, one of the earliest scholars of the Ginans. She has dedicated her life to their study and spent many years preparing a catalogue of Ginan manuscripts housed at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London.
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Banquet of the Brethren : A Medieval Treatise on Ismaili Esoteric Teachings: a Persian Critical Edition of Nasir-i Khusraw?s Khwan Al-ikhwan
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 38.26 $Unread book in perfect condition.
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The Book of Unveiling: Early Fatimid Ismaili Doctrine in the Kitab Al-kashf, Attributed to Ja'far B. Mansur B. Al-yaman
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 123.95 $translation edition. 528 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.00 inches. In Stock.
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Arabic, Persian and Gujarati Manuscripts: The Hamdani Collection in the Library of the Institute of Ismaili Studies
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 23.00 $I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies The Muhammad Ali Hamdani Collection in the Library of The Institute of Ismaili Studies represents a large segment of the library collected over seven generations by an eminent family of scholars from the Da'udi Bohra community in India and the Yemen. The bulk of the manuscripts are Ismaili religious writings, but there are also a good number of interesting books of general Islamic, or indeed secular content, and these give a rare insight into the whole cultural range of a learned family of Indian religious scholars. The overwhelming majority of the books are in Arabic, but there are also a small number in Persian and in Bohra da'wat language (lisan al da'wat), Gujarati in Arabic script. Most of the manuscripts were produced in India, but some of the most interesting ones are from the Yemen, the ancestral home of the Hamdani clan (the oldest of these is from the 14th century CE, or perhaps earlier). The catalogue contains detailed descriptions of the manuscripts in this Hamdani collection, discussing both the content of the works and the codicological features of the manuscripts. The introduction contains also a comprehensive history of the Hamdani family.
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The Qur'an and Its Readers Worldwide: Contemporary Commentaries and Translations [Institute of Ismaili Studies: Qur'anic Studies Series, 14]
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 67.00 $Casebound Hardcover. Handsome copy! Very good condition 633 pp.
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Master of the Age: An Islamic Treatise on the Necessity of the Imamate (Ismaili Texts and Translations) (Arabic Edition) [first edition]
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 12.25 $Few Islamic doctrines have provoked as much division and disagreement as those bound up with the imamate: or the office of supreme leader of the Muslim community following the Prophet's death. In the medieval period, while the caliphate still existed, rivalry among claimants to that position was especially bitter and intense, causing an instability that required resolution. In the early 5th/11th century the great Ismaili thinker Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani was mandated to compose a treatise called Lights to Illuminate the Proof of the Imamate (al-Masabih fi ithbat al-imama) in the bold hope of convincing Fakhr al-Mulk, the Shi'i wazir of the Buyids in Baghdad, to abandon the Abbasids and support instead the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim. For that purpose, he assembled an interconnected series of philosophical proofs, all pointing logically to the absolute necessity of the imamate. This work is unique, both in the precision of its argumentation and in the historical circumstances of its composition. The text appears here in a modern critical edition of the Arabic original with a complete translation, introduction and notes, and will be of immense interest to scholars and students of classical Islam.
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Authority without Territory: The Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili Imamate (Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World)
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 116.44 $Examining the connection between the concept of authority and the transformation of the Ismaili imamate, Authority without Territory is the first study of the imamate in contemporary times with a particular focus on Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary leader of Shi?a Imami Ismaili Muslims.
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