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Author : H. E. Mohamed
Publisher : Calgary : Highlight Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Historical Witnesses to the Ismaili Epoch written by H. E. Mohamed and published by Calgary : Highlight Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Claude Markovits
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 1843311526
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (433 download)
Download or read book A History of Modern India, 1480-1950 written by Claude Markovits and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2004-09-24 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the hardback edition: 'an impressively scholarly and immensely detailed text... a welcome and strongly recommended contribution to World History and India History collections.' Library Bookwatch "Recommended" -- Choice A History of Modern India provides a comprehensive chronological analysis of India's vibrant and diverse history. As well as examining the evolution of the relationship between the society and the state in its various economic, social, cultural and political forms, A History of Modern India analyses the major empires in modern India from the Moghuls (1580-1739) to the Raj (1818-1947), and discusses the economic, social and intellectual dynansm that accompanied intervening periods of political fragmentation. The book explores the difficulties confronting the rise of Indian nationalismand the consequent confrontation between religious communities: what should have been the crowning victory of a pacifist anti-colonial movement was instead brutally resolved with the violence of Partition in 1947.
Author : Pär Sandin
Publisher :
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Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Dais Philēsistephanos written by Pär Sandin and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shafique N. Virani
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190295201
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book The Ismailis in the Middle Ages written by Shafique N. Virani and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-19 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "None of that people should be spared, not even the babe in its cradle." With these chilling words, the Mongol warlord Genghis Khan declared his intention to destroy the Ismailis, one of the most intellectually and politically significant Muslim communities of medieval Islamdom. The massacres that followed convinced observers that this powerful voice of Shi'i Islam had been forever silenced. Little was heard of these people for centuries, until their recent and dramatic emergence from obscurity. Today they exist as a dynamic and thriving community established in over twenty-five countries. Yet the interval between what appeared to have been their total annihilation, and their modern, seemingly phoenix-like renaissance, has remained shrouded in mystery. Drawing on an astonishing array of sources gathered from many countries around the globe, The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, A Search for Salvation is a richly nuanced and compelling study of the murkiest portion of this era. In probing the period from the dark days when the Ismaili fortresses in Iran fell before the marauding Mongol hordes, to the emergence at Anjudan of the Ismaili Imams who provided a spiritual centre to a scattered community, this work explores the motivations, passions and presumptions of historical actors. With penetrating insight, Shafique N. Virani examines the rich esoteric thought that animated the Ismailis and enabled them to persevere. A work of remarkable erudition, this landmark book is essential reading for scholars of Islamic history and spirituality, Shi'ism and Iran. Both specialists and informed lay readers will take pleasure not only in its scholarly perception, but in its lively anecdotes, quotations of delightful poetry, and gripping narrative style. This is an extraordinary book of historical beauty and spiritual vision.
Author : Tarif Khalidi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521465540
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Arabic Historical Thought in the Classical Period written by Tarif Khalidi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-12 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of an entire tradition of historical thought and writing across a span of eight hundred years.
Author : Farhad Daftary
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521429740
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)
Download or read book The Isma'ilis written by Farhad Daftary and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-04-24 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scattered across the globe, the Isma'ilis constitute the second largest Shi'i community in the Muslim World. This study traces their history and doctrinal developments from their origins to the present day over a period of twelve centuries.
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Total Pages : 916 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book East and West written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alice C. Hunsberger
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
ISBN 13 : 9781850439264
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (392 download)
Download or read book Nasir Khusraw, the Ruby of Badakhshan written by Alice C. Hunsberger and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 2002-04-26 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive study of the life of Nasir-Khusraw, one of the foremost poets of the Persian language and a major Ismaili thinker and writer. Celebrated for a poetry that combines art with philosophy, trusted for the details of his travels throughout the Middle East, revered and criticized for his theological texts, he remains one of the most fascinating figures in Islamic history and literature. This volume also includes sections of his work.
Author : Donald B. Redford
Publisher :
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Total Pages : 656 pages
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Download or read book The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt: G-O written by Donald B. Redford and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring 600 original articles written by leading experts, it goes far beyond the findings of archaeology to include social, political, religious, cultural and artistic information on the Nile Delta civilization.
Author : Michael Borgolte
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004415084
Total Pages : 783 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book World History as the History of Foundations, 3000 BCE to 1500 CE written by Michael Borgolte and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In World History as the History of Foundations, 3000 BCE to 1500 CE, Michael Borgolte investigates the origins and development of foundations from Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages. In his survey foundations emerge not as mere legal institutions, but rather as “total social phenomena” which touch upon manifold aspects, including politics, the economy, art and religion of the cultures in which they emerged. Cross-cultural in its approach and the result of decades of research, this work represents by far the most comprehensive account of the history of foundations that has hitherto been published.
Author : Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah (agha khan)
Publisher :
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Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Memoirs of Aga Khan written by Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah (agha khan) and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald B. Redford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780195102345
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (23 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt written by Donald B. Redford and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring 600 original articles written by leading scholars, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt goes far beyond the records of archaeology to make available what we know about the full social, political, religious, cultural and artistic legacy of this 5,000 year civilization. The Encyclopedia offers the most complete picture available of ancient Egyptian civilization, from the predynastic era to its eclipse in the seventh century CE. Here is the Egyptian world in illuminating, accessible detail: art, architecture, religion, language, literature, trade, politics, everyday social life and the culture of the court. Of special interest is the coverage of themes and issues that are particularly controversial--such as the new theories of the origins of complex society in the Nile Valley, new discoveries about Greco-Roman Egypt, and new developments in literature, religion, linguistics and other fields, including the debates about Egypt's African legacy. Extensively illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and maps, the Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt is designed for the widest possible access, serving students, teachers, and scholars in fields ranging from Near East archaeology and classics to ancient art, architecture, history, language and religion, as well as general readers fascinated by a world that remains--even today--incompletely mapped.
Author : William David Davies
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521219297
Total Pages : 766 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (192 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 2, The Hellenistic Age written by William David Davies and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 4 covers the late Roman period to the rise of Islam. Focuses especially on the growth and development of rabbinic Judaism and of the major classical rabbinic sources such as the Mishnah, Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud and various Midrashic collections.
Author : Bernard Lewis
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786724552
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)
Download or read book The Assassins written by Bernard Lewis and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a master historian, the definitive account of history's first terrorists An offshoot of the Ismaili Shi'ite sect of Islam, the Assassins were the first group to make systematic use of murder as a political weapon. Established in Iran and Syria in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, they aimed to overthrow the existing Sunni order in Islam and replace it with their own. They terrorized their foes with a series of dramatic murders of Islamic leaders, as well as of some of the Crusaders, who brought their name and fame back to Europe. Professor Lewis traces the history of this radical group, studying its teachings and its influence on Muslim thought. Particularly insightful in light of the rise of the terrorist attacks in the U.S. and in Israel, this account of the Assassins -- whose name is now synonymous with politically motivated murderers -- places recent events in historical perspective and sheds new light on the fanatic mind.
Author : Shainool Jiwa
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857722239
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book The Founder of Cairo written by Shainool Jiwa and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reign of the founder of Cairo, the fourth Fatimid Imam-caliph al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah (341-365/953-975), marks a watershed in the transformation of the Fatimid state from a regional North African dynasty to an expansive Mediterranean empire. It was also under al- Mu'izz that articulations of the supreme authority of the Fatimid Ismaili imamate were written and disseminated across various regions of Fatimid influence. The writings of Idris 'Imad al-Din (d. 872/1468) provide a distinctive presentation of the Fatimid imamate from the perspective of the Ismaili da'wa itself. as the chief d'ai of the Yemeni Tayyib Ismailis, Idris composed his monumental "Uyun al-akhbar wa funun al-athar' as a record of the Ismaili imamate from its inception to his own time. in doing so, Idris drew upon the rich repertoire of Ismaili and non-Ismaili sources that had been part of the corpus of the Fatimid literary tradition, many of which have subsequently been lost due to the vagaries of time and circumstance. As the only surviving medieval Ismaili work documenting the history of the Fatimid dynasty, the "Uy-un al-akhbar' is among its principal primary sources. This book provides the first annotated English translation of the extensive chapter on al-Mu'izz in the "Uy-un', which remains a vital yet relatively unknown Ismaili source. The introduction to this work not only outlines the salient features of al-Mu'izz's reign but also examines Idris' purpose and approach to historical writing. In providing an insider's account of the reign of one of the most influential rulers of the medieval Muslim world, this work will be of particular interest to students of Ismaili history and thought, medieval Mediterranean history and Muslim historiography.
Author : Farhad Daftary
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748679227
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)
Download or read book Short History of the Ismailis written by Farhad Daftary and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite being one of the key Shi'i Muslim communities, the Ismailis were until recently studied primarily on the basis of the accounts of their enemies. This new introduction is the first to be based on modern scholarship, taking account of recently recovered Ismaili texts. It covers all the main developments in the major phases of Ismaili history, from the early formative period, through the Fatamid golden age and the Alamut and post-Alamut periods, to more recent history. Dealing only with the most important historical developments, this is a comprehensive and accessible survey for all newcomers to the subject.
Author : Stephen Vertigans
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134126387
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book Militant Islam written by Stephen Vertigans and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Militant Islam provides a sociological framework for understanding the rise and character of recent Islamic militancy. It takes a systematic approach to the phenomenon and includes analysis of cases from around the world, comparisons with militancy in other religions, and their causes and consequences. The sociological concepts and theories examined in the book include those associated with social closure, social movements, nationalism, risk, fear and ‘de-civilising’. These are applied within three main themes; characteristics of militant Islam, multi-layered causes and the consequences of militancy, in particular Western reactions within the ‘war on terror’. Interrelationships between religious and secular behaviour, ‘terrorism’ and ‘counter-terrorism’, popular support and opposition are explored. Through the examination of examples from across Muslim societies and communities, the analysis challenges the popular tendency to concentrate upon ‘al-Qa’ida’ and the Middle East. This book will be of interest to students of Sociology, Political Science and International Relations, in particular those taking courses on Islam, religion, terrorism, political violence and related regional studies.
