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The Ismaili Imams : a biographical history / Farhad Daftary.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daftary, Farhad, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ismailites--Biography.
- Ismailites.
- Ismailites--History.
- History.
- Fatimites--Biography.
- Fatimites.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 260 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits, plates, gnealogical tables ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- The Ismaili Imams
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I. B. Tauris ; Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.
- London : The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2020.
- Summary:
- "The Ismailis are the second-largest Shi'i community in the world today, settled in over 25 countries across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and North America. They are the only Muslims to follow a living spiritual guide of their community, the Nizari Ismaili Imam. This book is the first collection of biographies of all the Ismaili Imams, from the seminal Imams of early Shi'i Islam, through to those of the first 'period of concealment' when their public identities remained hidden, to the Imam-caliphs of the illustrious Fatimid dynasty, and those of the Alamut period, up to the Aga Khans of the modern period. The Ismaili Imams mines the rich scholarship of the developing field of Ismaili Studies, providing a simple and clear resource for the general reader, as well as a handy reference guide for scholars. This copiously illustrated book offers a snapshot of the lives, events, and legacies of all 49 Imams, and through them, of the Ismaili community's storied past." -- Publisher website.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. One The Ismaili Imamate in History
- pt. Two The Early Imams
- 1. 'Ali b.Abi Talib
- 2. Husayn b. 'Ali
- 3. Ali b. Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
- 4. Muhammad al-Baqir
- 5. Ja 'far al-Sadiq
- 6. Isma'il b. Ja'far al-Sadiq
- 7. Muhammad b. Isma'il al-Maymun
- pt. Three The Concealed Imams
- 8. Abd Allah b. Muhammad, also known as Wan Ahmad
- 9. Ahmad b. Abd Allah, also known as Taqi Muhammad
- 10. Husayn b. Ahmad, also known as Radi al-Din Abd Allah
- pt. Four The Early Fatimid Imam-Caliphs
- 11. Al-Mahdi
- 12. Al-Qa im
- 13. Al-Mansur
- 14. Al-Mu'izz
- 15. Al-'Aziz
- 16. Al-Hakim
- 17. Al-Zahir
- 18. Al-Mustansir
- 19. Nizar
- pt. Five The Imams at Alamut us
- 20-22. Concealed Imams: al-Hadi, al-Muhtadi, al-Qahir
- 23. Hasan 'ala dhikrihi'l-salam
- 24. Nur al-Din Muhammad, also known as A la Muhammad
- 25. Jalal al-Din Hasan
- 26. Ala al-Din Muhammad
- 27. Rukn al-Din Khurshah
- pt. Six The Early Imams after Alamut
- 28. Shams al-Din Muhammad
- 29. Qasim Shah
- 30. Islam Shah
- 31. Muhammad b. Islam Shah
- pt. Seven The Imams of the Anjudan Period
- 32. Mustansir bi'llah
- 33. Abd al-Salam Shah
- 34. Gharib Mirza, also known as Mustansir bi'llah
- 35. Abu Dharr Ali
- 36. Murad Mirza
- 37. Dhu'l-Faqar 'Ali
- 38. Nur al-Din (al-Dahr) 'Ali
- 39. Khalil Allah 'Ali
- pt. Eight The Imams in the Eighteenth Century
- 40. Shah Nizar
- 41. Sayyid 'Ali
- 42. Hasan 'Ali
- 43. Qasim 'Ali
- 44. Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali
- 45. Shah Khalil Allah
- pt. Nine The Imams in the Modern Age
- 46. Hasan Ali Shah, Aga Khan I
- 47. Agha Ali Shah, Aga Khan II
- 48. Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III
- 49. Shah Karim al-Husayni, Aga Khan IV.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-248) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780755617982
- 0755617983
- OCLC:
- 1192446705
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