Ḥamīd al-Dīn al-Kirmānī : Ismaili thought in the age of Al-Ḥākim / Paul E. Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Paul Ernest, 1941-

Series:

Ismaili heritage series ; 3.

Ismaili heritage series ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kirmānī, Ḥamīd al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, active 1020.

Kirmānī, Ḥamīd al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh.

Physical Description:

xiv, 168 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 1999.

Contents:

1 The Imam and the Da'i 1

2 The Works of al-Kirmani 25

3 Al-Kirmani and the Da'wa 47

4 Double Observance by Works and Knowledge 62

5 God, Creation and the Cosmic Order 80

6 The City of God 104

Appendix A Al-Kirmani and the Philosophers 118

Appendix B Al-Kirmani's Citations of His Own Works 125

Appendix C The Author's Table of Contents for the Rahat al-'aql 131.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-160) and index.

ISBN:

1860643213

OCLC:

41165281