Mediaeval Isma'ili History and Thought
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 9, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780521003100
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; Islam; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; History; Medieval; Religion - World Religions; History: World; Middle East; Islam - History; Middle East - General; History / Middle East; Ismailites--History
First sentence: A MAJOR SHI'i Muslim community, the Isma'ilis appeared on the historical stage on the death of the Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq in the year 148/765.