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(Hardback)

By: Dr Farhad Daftary

ISBN: 9781845117177
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Ismailis have enjoyed a complex history dating back to the 8th century CE and originating in the Shi'i tradition of Islam. Ismailis in the Middle Ages split into two main groups: Aga Khans and Bohras. This title attempts to survey the modern history of both Ismaili groupings since the middle of the 19th century.


(Hardback)

By: Dr Farhad Daftary

ISBN: 9781784531522
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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These memoirs reveal for the first time the circumstances under which modern Ismaili studies were initiated and an eyewitness account of several regions during the early decades of the twentieth century before the rapid onset of modernisation.


(Hardback)

By: Dr Farhad Daftary

ISBN: 9781850434399
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Ismaili Studies represents one of the most recent fields of Islamic Studies. Much new research has taken place in this field as a result of the recovery of a large number of Ismaili texts.


(Hardback)

By: Dr Farhad Daftary

ISBN: 9781845110918
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Provides a comprehensive treatment of Ismaili medieval history. Discussing the different phases in Ismaili history, this book describes the early Ismailis, as well as the contributions of the later Ismailis to Islamic culture It is useful to scholars of medieval Islam.


(Paperback, New edition)

By: Dr Farhad Daftary

ISBN: 9781850439509
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 1995
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Daftary traces the origins and early development of the legends of the Assassins of Northern Iran and Syria - as well as investigating the historical context in which they were fabricated and transmitted, culminating in Marco Polo's reports of the "Old Man of the Mountain".


(Hardback)

By: Dr Farhad Daftary

ISBN: 9781850437055
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 1995
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Daftary traces the origins and early development of the legends of the Assassins of Northern Iran - as well as investigating the historical context in which they were fabricated and transmitted, culminating in Marco Polo's reports of the "Old Man of the Mountain".


(Hardback)

By: Dr Farhad Daftary

ISBN: 9781788311335
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Examines Fatimid state society relations and the distinctive nature of the Fatimid Empire


By: Dr Farhad Daftary

ISBN: 9780755617982
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)

By: Dr Farhad Daftary

ISBN: 9781784534776
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Spans early Islamic history to the present day.


(Hardback, 2nd edition)

By: Dr Farhad Daftary

ISBN: 9781538129999
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jan 2026
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Designed as a mini encyclopedia, this dictionary will serve as first point of reference for information on all the key Ismaili figures, concepts, institutions, and traditions, as well as regions of importance in Ismaili history. In addition, numerous Muslim dynasties and figures with whom the Ismailis have come into contact are included.