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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