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士far al-峁⒛乨iq (d. 765), as his successor.: Traditions of a Muslim Community.
Description from A Short History of the Ismailis
A major Sh墨士墨 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墨士墨 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
Anti鈥揑smaili Writings of Other Muslims
The Assassin Legends of Medieval Westerners
Orientalist Perspectives
Modern Progress in Ismaili Studies
Notes
2. Origins and Early History: Sh墨鈥樐玸, Ismailis and Qarma峁玸
Diversity in Early Islam
Origins of Sh墨鈥樐玸m
Early History of 厂丑颈鈥榠蝉尘See Shi鈥榓.: The Kays膩niyya and the Im膩miyya
Ja鈥榝ar al鈥撫耿膩diq鈥檚 Imamate, Abu鈥檒 Kha峁弓膩b and Ism膩鈥樐玪
The Earliest Ismailis
The 顿补鈥榳补 of the 3rd/9th Century
The Schism of 286/899 and its Consequences
Early Ismaili Doctrines
Notes
3. The Fatimid Age: Dawla and 顿补鈥榳补
Overview
Foundation and Consolidation of the Fatimid Caliphate
Fatimid Achievements under al鈥揗u鈥榠zz
Philosophical Ismailism of the Iranian 顿补鈥榠蝉
Fatimid Ismaili 顿补鈥榳补 and 顿腻鈥樐玸: Cairo and the 鈥淚slands鈥
The Niz膩r墨鈥揗usta鈥榣墨 Schism of 487/1094
Later FatimidsMajor Muslim dynasty of Ismaili caliphs in North Africa (from 909) and later in Egypt (973鈥1171) More and Early Musta鈥榣墨 Ismailism
Notes
4. The Alam奴t Period in Nizari Ismaili History
Overview
岣san 峁bb膩h and the Revolt of the Persian Ismailis
The Doctrine of 罢补鈥榣墨尘 and Consolidation of the Niz膩r墨 State
Proclamation of 蚕颈测腻尘补 or Resurrection
Rapprochement with Sunni Islam and al鈥撫宫奴s墨鈥檚 Interpretations
The Final Decades
Notes
5. Later Developments: Continuity and Modernisation
Post鈥揂lam奴t Patterns and Research Problems
Early Post鈥揂lam奴t Centuries and Niz膩r墨 Relations with Sufism
The Anjud膩n Revival in Niz膩r墨 history
The KhojasA term probably derived from the Persian khw膩ja (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 峁琣yyibi Ismailism
Modern Developments in the Niz膩r墨 Community
Notes
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Index
Farhad Daftary is currently head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications at 鸟大大影院, London. An authority on Ismaili Studies, Dr Daftary has written several acclaimed books in this field of Islamic Studies, including The 滨蝉尘腻士墨濒墨蝉: Their History and Doctrines and The Assassin Legends: Myths of the 滨蝉尘腻士墨濒墨蝉, 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.