Eagle's nest : Ismaili castles in Iran and Syria / Peter Willey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willey, Peter.

Contributor:

Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Series:

Ismaili heritage series ; 10.

Ismaili heritage series ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Castles--Iran.

Castles.

Iran.

Castles--Syria.

Syria.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; London : In association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies ; New York : In the U.S. and Canada distributed by St. Martin's Press, 2005.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Early History of the Ismailis 1

Part 1 The Rise and Fall of the Nizari Ismaili State

2 Hasan Sabbah and the Ismailis of Iran 21

3 Rashid al-Din Sinan and the Ismailis of Syria 38

4 Organisation and Ethos of the Ismaili State 52

5 The Mongol Conquest 69

Part 2 The Castles of the Ismailis

6 The Strategy of Ismaili Castles 89

7 Castles of the Alamut Valley - I 103

8 Castles of the Alamut Valley - II 128

9 The Mountain Fortresses of Qumes 147

10 Castles of the Qa'inat 167

11 The Fortified Province of Qohistan 189

12 Castles of Isfahan and Arrajan 204

13 Citadels of the Syrian Mountains - I 216

14 Citadels of the Syrian Mountains - II 233

15 Badakhshan and Hunza 246

I Research Expeditions led by the Author 268

II List of Ismaili Castles and Fortifications 270

III Ismaili Pottery from the Alamut Period / Rosalind A. Wade Haddon 277

IV Ismaili Coins from the Alamut Period / Hussein Hamdan, Aram Vardanyan 288.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [308]-311) and index.

ISBN:

1850434646 :

OCLC:

56458607

Publisher Number:

9781850434641