The Islamis in the middle ages/ a history of survival a search for salvation Virani, Shafique N.
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TextPublication details: New York: Oxford university press, 2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 301p.pISBN: 9780195311730DDC classification: 297.82209 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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INTRODUCTION 3
Emerging from Obscurity 9
Signposts for the Way 13
ONE - RECOVERING A LOST HISTORY 19
History Is Written by the Victors 22
Asking the People of the House 25
TWO - THE EAGLE RETURNS 29
A Corrective to 'Ata-Malik Juwayni's Narrative 30
In the Shadow of the Ilkhanids 33
The Trials of the Kushayji Family 34
The Appearance of Khudawand Muhammad 35
Continued Ismaili Activity 37
Testimony from Latin. Khurasani, and South Asian
Sources 39
Conclusion 43
THREE - VEILING THE SUN 47
Imamate of Shams al-Din Muhammad 49
Nizari Quhistani (d. 720/1320) 60
FOUR - SUMMONING TO THE TRUTH 71
The Da'wa 72
Imam Qasimshah 77
Qasim Tushtari (or Turshizi) 87
FIV'E PO SSESSORS OF THE COMMAND 91
The Command and the Commander 91
The Imams Islamshah b. Qasimshah and Muhammad
b. Islamshah 94
SIX - QIBLA OF THE WORLD 109
Transference of the Seat of Imamate to Anjudan 112
Imamate of Mustansir bi'llah (d. 885/1480) 116
Imamate ofAbd al-Salam (d. ca. 899/1493) 119
Imamate of Gharib Mirza (d. 904/1498) 121
SEVE'N TH E WAY OF THE SEEKER 133
Veiling and Unveiling; The Workings of Taqiyya 136
The Workings of the Da'wa 148
EIGHT - SALVATION AND IMAMATE 165
"You have done this, and yet you have not done it" 165
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