This is a classical Chinese translation of Farhad Daftary, A Short History of the IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Ja尪far al-廜〢diq (d. 765), as his successor.: Traditions of a Muslim Community.
Description from A Short History of the Ismailis
A major Sh蘋尪蘋 Muslim community with a long and eventful history, the Ismailis were until recently studied primarily on the basis of the accounts of their enemies, including the Sunni polemicists and the Crusader chroniclers. As a result, a host of legends were disseminated on the teachings and practices of the Ismailis. The study of Ismailism began to be revolutionised from the 1930s, with the recovery of a large number of Ismaili texts preserved in private collections. A Short History of the Ismailis brings together the results of modern scholarship on the highlights of Ismaili history and doctrines within the broader contexts of Islamic history and Sh蘋尪蘋 thought.
Contents from A Short History of the Ismailis
Preface
Note on Transliteration, Dates and Abbreviations
1. Ismaili History and Historiography: Phases, Sources and Studies
Phases in Ismaili History
Evolution of Ismaili Historiography
AntiIsmaili Writings of Other Muslims
The Assassin Legends of Medieval Westerners
Orientalist Perspectives
Modern Progress in Ismaili Studies
Notes
2. Origins and Early History: Sh蘋蘋s, Ismailis and Qarma廜俸哀
Diversity in Early Islam
Origins of Sh蘋蘋sm
Early History of 釦堯勳i莽鳥See Shia.: The Kaysniyya and the Immiyya
Jafar al廜〢diqs Imamate, Abul Kha廜凍僮b and Ism蘋l
The Earliest Ismailis
The 嗨硃w硃 of the 3rd/9th Century
The Schism of 286/899 and its Consequences
Early Ismaili Doctrines
Notes
3. The Fatimid Age: Dawla and 嗨硃w硃
Overview
Foundation and Consolidation of the Fatimid Caliphate
Fatimid Achievements under alMuizz
Philosophical Ismailism of the Iranian 嗨硃i莽
Fatimid Ismaili 嗨硃w硃 and 嗨櫻蘋s: Cairo and the Islands
The Nizr蘋Mustal蘋 Schism of 487/1094
Later FatimidsMajor Muslim dynasty of Ismaili caliphs in North Africa (from 909) and later in Egypt (9731171) More and Early Mustal蘋 Ismailism
Notes
4. The Alam贖t Period in Nizari Ismaili History
Overview
廎兀san 廜糎bbh and the Revolt of the Persian Ismailis
The Doctrine of 啦硃l蘋鳥 and Consolidation of the Nizr蘋 State
Proclamation of 紮勳聆櫻鳥硃 or Resurrection
Rapprochement with Sunni Islam and al廜玳哀蘋s Interpretations
The Final Decades
Notes
5. Later Developments: Continuity and Modernisation
PostAlam贖t Patterns and Research Problems
Early PostAlam贖t Centuries and Nizr蘋 Relations with Sufism
The Anjudn Revival in Nizr蘋 history
The KhojasA term probably derived from the Persian khwja (lord, master). The Khojas are one of the Ismaili communities originating from the Indian subcontinent and now living in many countries of… and Satpanth Ismailism
The Bohras and 廜柑yyibi Ismailism
Modern Developments in the Nizr蘋 Community
Notes
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Index
Farhad Daftary is currently head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications at 51勛圖厙, London. An authority on Ismaili Studies, Dr Daftary has written several acclaimed books in this field of Islamic Studies, including The 梆莽鳥櫻尪蘋梭蘋莽: Their History and Doctrines and The Assassin Legends: Myths of the 梆莽鳥櫻尪蘋梭蘋莽, and has edited Mediaeval Ismaili History and Thought. He is also a regular contributor to the Encyclopaedia Iranica, of which he is a Consulting Editor, and to the Encyclopaedia of Islam.