Miklós Sárközy is Assistant Professor in the Institute of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Károli Gáspár University of the Hungarian Reformed Church, Hungary. He is the author of many journal articles and chapters, most recently contributing to Texts, Scribes and Transmission Manuscript Cultures of the Ismaili Communities and Beyond (I.B.Tauris, 2022) and the Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2018). His research interests include Ismaili studies, early Islamic and medieval Iran and Central Asia.

• Preface List of AbbreviationsChapter 1 Introduction: Sources and StudiesChapter 2 The Political Relations of the Nizari Ismaili State in the Caspian Provinces under Hasan-i SabbahChapter 3 The Development of Local Power in the Caspian region during Saljuq DeclineChapter 4 Nizari Bawandid Competition for Hegemony, 534–565/1140–1170Chapter 5 Nizari Bawandid Confrontation in the 6th/12th CenturyChapter 6 The Last Decades of the Nizari Ismaili StateChapter 7 Ala' al-Din Muhammad III and the End of the Nizari Ismaili State in the Caspian ProvincesChapter 8 The Economy and Social Structure of the Nizari Ismaili StateChapter 9 ConclusionAppendix I Chronology of the Nizari Ismailis in the Alamut periodAppendix II Maps of the Caspian ProvincesAppendix III The Diwan-i Qa'imiyyat, Extracts in TranslationAppendix IV Dynastic Tables Select BibliographyIndex

Miklós Sárközy’s The Early Nizari Ismailis and Their Neighbouring Powers is a meticulously researched and thoughtfully argued study that fills a notable gap in the scholarship on the medieval Caspian region.

Miklós Sárközy is Assistant Professor in the Institute of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Károli Gáspár University of the Hungarian Reformed Church, Hungary. He is the author of many journal articles and chapters, most recently contributing to Texts, Scribes and Transmission Manuscript Cultures of the Ismaili Communities and Beyond (I.B.Tauris, 2022) and the Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2018). His research interests include Ismaili studies, early Islamic and medieval Iran and Central Asia.

• Preface List of AbbreviationsChapter 1 Introduction: Sources and StudiesChapter 2 The Political Relations of the Nizari Ismaili State in the Caspian Provinces under Hasan-i SabbahChapter 3 The Development of Local Power in the Caspian region during Saljuq DeclineChapter 4 Nizari Bawandid Competition for Hegemony, 534–565/1140–1170Chapter 5 Nizari Bawandid Confrontation in the 6th/12th CenturyChapter 6 The Last Decades of the Nizari Ismaili StateChapter 7 Ala' al-Din Muhammad III and the End of the Nizari Ismaili State in the Caspian ProvincesChapter 8 The Economy and Social Structure of the Nizari Ismaili StateChapter 9 ConclusionAppendix I Chronology of the Nizari Ismailis in the Alamut periodAppendix II Maps of the Caspian ProvincesAppendix III The Diwan-i Qa'imiyyat, Extracts in TranslationAppendix IV Dynastic Tables Select BibliographyIndex

Miklós Sárközy’s The Early Nizari Ismailis and Their Neighbouring Powers is a meticulously researched and thoughtfully argued study that fills a notable gap in the scholarship on the medieval Caspian region.

Miklós Sárközy is Assistant Professor in the Institute of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Károli Gáspár University of the Hungarian Reformed Church, Hungary. He is the author of many journal articles and chapters, most recently contributing to Texts, Scribes and Transmission Manuscript Cultures of the Ismaili Communities and Beyond (I.B.Tauris, 2022) and the Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2018). His research interests include Ismaili studies, early Islamic and medieval Iran and Central Asia.

• Preface List of AbbreviationsChapter 1 Introduction: Sources and StudiesChapter 2 The Political Relations of the Nizari Ismaili State in the Caspian Provinces under Hasan-i SabbahChapter 3 The Development of Local Power in the Caspian region during Saljuq DeclineChapter 4 Nizari Bawandid Competition for Hegemony, 534–565/1140–1170Chapter 5 Nizari Bawandid Confrontation in the 6th/12th CenturyChapter 6 The Last Decades of the Nizari Ismaili StateChapter 7 Ala' al-Din Muhammad III and the End of the Nizari Ismaili State in the Caspian ProvincesChapter 8 The Economy and Social Structure of the Nizari Ismaili StateChapter 9 ConclusionAppendix I Chronology of the Nizari Ismailis in the Alamut periodAppendix II Maps of the Caspian ProvincesAppendix III The Diwan-i Qa'imiyyat, Extracts in TranslationAppendix IV Dynastic Tables Select BibliographyIndex

Miklós Sárközy’s The Early Nizari Ismailis and Their Neighbouring Powers is a meticulously researched and thoughtfully argued study that fills a notable gap in the scholarship on the medieval Caspian region.