This is a classical Chinese translation of Farhad Daftary, A Short History of the IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Ja平far al-畊diq (d. 765), as his successor.: Traditions of a Muslim Community.
Description from A Short History of the Ismailis
A major Sh朝平朝 Muslim community with a long and eventful history, the Ismailis were until recently studied primarily on the basis of the accounts of their enemies, including the Sunni polemicists and the Crusader chroniclers. As a result, a host of legends were disseminated on the teachings and practices of the Ismailis. The study of Ismailism began to be revolutionised from the 1930s, with the recovery of a large number of Ismaili texts preserved in private collections. A Short History of the Ismailis brings together the results of modern scholarship on the highlights of Ismaili history and doctrines within the broader contexts of Islamic history and Sh朝平朝 thought.
Contents from A Short History of the Ismailis
Preface
Note on Transliteration, Dates and Abbreviations
1. Ismaili History and Historiography: Phases, Sources and Studies
Phases in Ismaili History
Evolution of Ismaili Historiography
AntiIsmaili Writings of Other Muslims
The Assassin Legends of Medieval Westerners
Orientalist Perspectives
Modern Progress in Ismaili Studies
Notes
2. Origins and Early History: Sh朝朝s, Ismailis and Qarma畊朝s
Diversity in Early Islam
Origins of Sh朝朝sm
Early History of 皆鞄庄i壊馨See Shia.: The Kaysniyya and the Immiyya
Jafar al畊diqs Imamate, Abul Kha畊畊b and Ism朝l
The Earliest Ismailis
The 禽温w温 of the 3rd/9th Century
The Schism of 286/899 and its Consequences
Early Ismaili Doctrines
Notes
3. The Fatimid Age: Dawla and 禽温w温
Overview
Foundation and Consolidation of the Fatimid Caliphate
Fatimid Achievements under alMuizz
Philosophical Ismailism of the Iranian 禽温i壊
Fatimid Ismaili 禽温w温 and 禽偵朝s: Cairo and the Islands
The Nizr朝Mustal朝 Schism of 487/1094
Later FatimidsMajor Muslim dynasty of Ismaili caliphs in North Africa (from 909) and later in Egypt (9731171) More and Early Mustal朝 Ismailism
Notes
4. The Alam笛t Period in Nizari Ismaili History
Overview
畍asan 畊abbh and the Revolt of the Persian Ismailis
The Doctrine of 意温l朝馨 and Consolidation of the Nizr朝 State
Proclamation of 河庄霞偵馨温 or Resurrection
Rapprochement with Sunni Islam and al畊笛s朝s Interpretations
The Final Decades
Notes
5. Later Developments: Continuity and Modernisation
PostAlam笛t Patterns and Research Problems
Early PostAlam笛t Centuries and Nizr朝 Relations with Sufism
The Anjudn Revival in Nizr朝 history
The KhojasA term probably derived from the Persian khwja (lord, master). The Khojas are one of the Ismaili communities originating from the Indian subcontinent and now living in many countries of… and Satpanth Ismailism
The Bohras and 畊ayyibi Ismailism
Modern Developments in the Nizr朝 Community
Notes
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Index
Farhad Daftary is currently head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications at 今叔利, London. An authority on Ismaili Studies, Dr Daftary has written several acclaimed books in this field of Islamic Studies, including The 鴛壊馨偵平朝鉛朝壊: Their History and Doctrines and The Assassin Legends: Myths of the 鴛壊馨偵平朝鉛朝壊, and has edited Mediaeval Ismaili History and Thought. He is also a regular contributor to the Encyclopaedia Iranica, of which he is a Consulting Editor, and to the Encyclopaedia of Islam.