A history of Shi'i Islam / by Farhad Daftary.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Daftary, Farhad.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Shīʻah--History.
• Shīʻah.
• History.

Physical Description:

xix, 315 pages : genealogical tables ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : New York : I.B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2013.

Contents:

• 1 Introduction: Progress in the Study of Shi'i Islam 1
• Diversity in early Islam 3
• Medieval Sunni perceptions 5
• Medieval European perceptions 7
• Orientalist perspectives 16
• Modern scholarship on Shi'i Islam 18
• 2 The Origins and Early History of Shi'i Islam 25
• Origins of Shi'ism 25
• The early Shi'a 29
• The Kaysaniyya 37
• The ghulat 40
• The early Imamiyya 43
• The Imami Shi'i doctrine of the imamate 53
• 3 The Ithna'asharis or Twelvers 57
• The later Twelver imams and the hidden Mahdi 58
• From the occultation of the twelfth imam to the Mongol invasions 67
• From Nasir al-Din al-Tusi to the advent of the Safawids 74
• From the Safawids to early modern times 81
• From around 1215/1800 to the present 89
• 4 The Ismailis 105
• The early Ismailis 106
• The Fatimid phase in Ismaili history 115
• The Tayyibi Ismailis: The Yamani and Indian phases 125
• The Nizari Ismailis: The Alamut phase 130
• Later developments in Nizari Ismaili history 136
• The Anjudan revival 138
• The modern period 141
• 5 The Zaydis 145
• The early Zaydis 145
• The Zaydis of the Caspian region in Persia 151
• The Zaydis of Yaman 162
• 6 The Nusayris or 'Alawis 175
• Nusayri studies 176
• History of the Nusayris 179
• The Nusayri-'Alawi doctrines 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-282) and index.

ISBN:

• 1780768419
• 9781780768410

OCLC:

857879113

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