Contents:Introduction: progress in the study of the isma'Ilis
Phases in Isnia'lli history
IsmiVill historiography
Anti-Isma'ili writings ofother Muslims
Medieval luiropean pereeptions ol the Isma'ilis
O r i e n t a 1 i s t pe rspee t i ves
Modern progress in Isma'ili studies
Origins and early development of Shi* ism
Origins of Shi'ism
Parly history of Shi'ism
al-Mukhtar and the mnwali
The Kaysaniyya, ihc ghiiUu and the early Imamiyya
Ja'far al-Sadiq's imamate and the' Abbasids
Imam al-Siidiq's teachings
Early Isma'ilism
The earliest Isma'ilis
The da'wa of the 3rd/9th century
The Isma'ili-Qarmati schism of 286/899
Establishment of Eiilimid rule
Aspects of early Isma'ili teachings
The Fadmid period until 487/1094: dawla and da'wa
Consolidation of the FaUmid caliphate in North Africa
Digression on Qarmap communities
al-Mu' iz/ and the c()iK|uest of Ivitypt
'I'he religious policy ol al-Mu' izz
ai-Qiuii ai-Nu'man and isni.Viii jurisprudence
a!-'Aziz, and the I'alimid campaigns in Syria
al-Hakim, the Isma'ili (/(I'u'uand the Druze movement
al-Ziihir and Sitt al-Mulk
ai-Mustansir's long reign
Organization of the I'atimid (/mv/u and the Isma'ili (hi'mi
Philosophical Ismailism of the Iranian tin is
The Ikhwan al-Safa' and their lipisllcs
5 The later I-atimicis and Musta'lian Isina'Ilisni
The Niziiri-Musta'li schism ol'487/l()94
al-Musta'li and al-Amir
al-Haliz and the Hiifrzi-Tayyihi schism
The later I'atimids and early Hiilizi Isma'ilism
The Halizi Musta'lian iln'wa in Yaman
The early Tayyibi Musta'lian da'wn in 'i'aman
Aspects ofTayyibi thought
The early Tayyibi ilti'wa in India
The naTiclT-Sulaymani-'Alavvl schism in Tayyibi Isma'ilism
The Dii'iidi Bohra du'u'uand community
The Sulaymani dn'mi and community
6 Nizari Isma'ili history during the Alamut period
Nizari Isma'ili historiography
Hasan-i Sabbah and the struggle of the Persian Ismailis
Commencement of Niziiri activities in Syria
Consolidation of the Niziiri state and the doctrine of tn'riiii
Buzurg-Ummid and the Niziiri-Saljuq stalemate
Muhammad b. Buzurg-Ummid
The proclamation oi ijiydiiia or resurrection
Sinan and the Syrian Nizaris
Rapprochement with Sunni Islam
'Ala' al-I)in Muhammad 111 and Nizari thought of the period
Final decades of the Nizari state
7 The post-Alamut centuries and modern developtnents in
Nizari Isma'ili history
Patterns and research problems in post-Alamiit Nizari history
liarly post-Alamut centuries and Nizari relations with Sulism
The Anjuilan revival in Nizari Isma'ilism
The Niziiri Khojas and Salpanlh Isma'ilism
The Muhammad-Shahi inianis and the Nizaris of C.entral Asia
The later Qasini-Shrdii Nizari imams
The Aga Khans and the modern period in Nizari history
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