Description
Book SynopsisFarhad Daftary received his early education in Iran, Italy and England, and then undertook his university studies during 1958-1971 in the United States. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Subsequently, he held various academic and governmental posts in Iran, before in 1988 joining the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, where he is currently Director and Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications. Dr Daftary is a consulting editor of the
Encyclopaedia Iranica, co-editor (with W. Madelung) of the
Encyclopaedia Islamica, as well as the general editor of the Ismaili Heritage Series, the Ismaili Texts and Translations Series and the Shii Heritage Series. An authority on Ismaili studies, he has written and edited 20 books in this field, including
The Ismailis: Their History and Doctrines (1990; 2nd ed., 2007);
The Assassin Legends (1994);
A Short History of the Ismailis (1998);
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Table of Contents
List of maps and tables Preface I: The Ismaili Imamate in History II: The Early Imams 'Ali b. Abi Talib Husayn b. 'Ali 'Ali b. Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin Muhammad al-Baqir Jafar al-Sadiq Isma'il b. Ja'far al-Sadiq Muhammad b. Isma'il al-Maymun III: The Concealed Imams 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad, also known as Wafi Ahmad Ahmad b. 'Abd Allah, also known as Taqi Muhammad Husayn b. Ahmad, also known as Radi al-Din Abd Allah IV: The Early Fatimid Imam-caliphs al-Mahdi al-Qa'im al-Mansur al-Mu'izz al-'Aziz al-Hakim al-Zahir al-Mustansir Nizar V: The Imams at Alamut Concealed Imams: al-Hadi, al-Muhtadi, al-Qahir Hasan ala dhikrihi’l-salam Nur al-Din Muhammad, also known as A?la Muhammad Jalal al-Din Hasan 'Ala al-Din Muhammad Rukn al-Din Khurshah VI: The Early Imams after Alamut Shams al-Din Muhammad Qasim Shah Islam Shah Muhammad b. Islam Shah VII: The Imams of the Anjudan Period Mustansir bi’llah 'Abd al-Salam Shah Gharib Mirza, also known as Mustansir bi’llah Abu Dharr 'Ali Murad Mirza Dhu’l-Faqar 'Ali Nur al-Din (al-Dahr) 'Ali Khalil Allah 'Ali VIII: The Imams in the Eighteenth Century Shah Nizar Sayyid 'Ali Hasan 'Ali Qasim 'Ali Abu’l-Hasan 'Ali Shah Khalil Allah IX: The Imams in the Modern Age Hasan 'Ali Shah, Aga Khan I Agha 'Ali Shah, Aga Khan II Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III Shah Karim al-Husayni, Aga Khan IV Glossary Select Bibliography Picture credits Index
