The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines » (2nd Edition)

Farhad Daftary is Associate Director and Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications at the Institute of Ismaili Studies. An authority on Ismaili history, he has written and edited numerous books, including Mediaeval Isma'ili History and Thought (1996), Ismaili Literature: A Bibliography of Sources and Studies (2004), and Ismailis in Medieval Muslim Societies (2005).

Second edition of an authoritative history of the Isma'ilis.

1. Introduction: progress in the study of the Ismåílís;
2. Origins and early development of Shíism;
3. Early Ismåílism;
4. The Fåñimid period until 487/1094: dawla and dawa;
5. The Later Fåñimids and Mustalian Ismåílism; 6 Nizårí Ismåílí history during the Alamút period;
7. The post-Alamút centuries and modern developments in Nizårí Ismåílí history; Select bibliography.