Arabic Ismaili Manuscripts
Subtitle: The Zahid Ali Collection
Publisher: Institute for Ismaili Studies
Published: November 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781860648601
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies; Collections & anthologies of various literary forms; Islamic studies; Literary studies: general; Middle Eastern; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Arabic; Latin; Religion; ASIA; Islamic countries; Regional, Ethnic, Genre, Specific Subject; Religion / Islam; Ismaili literature; Islam - General; Catalogs; Manuscripts; Manuscripts, Arabic
First sentence: The earliest phase of Ismaili history extends from approximately the middle of the 2nd/8th century to the foundation of the Fatimid rule in North Africa in 297/909.