The Isma'ilis
Subtitle: Their History and Doctrines
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 24, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 821
ISBN-13: 9780521429740
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Islam; Islam - Shi'ism; History; History - General History; History: World; Middle East; Islam - Shi'a; World - General; History / Middle East; Ismailites
First sentence: It was not until the latter part of the nineteenth century that Islamic studies was established as a separate field within general orientalism in the West.