Early Nizari Ismailis and their Neighbouring Powers

Politics in the Caspian Provinces

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Av Miklós Sárközy, Miklos Sarkozy, Miklós

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I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies.This new history of the Alamut era of the Nizari Ismaili community concentrates on the local politics of the remote mountainous Caspian region. This is where the prominent religious and military leader, Hasan-i Sabbah (1050s-1124) famously founded the medieval Nizari Isma’ili state in 1090 before it collapsed at the hands of the Mongols in 1256.Miklós Sárközy presents here a fresh investigation of this period through a detailed examination of the regional Caspian histories across the turbulent 11th and early 13th centuries. His analysis provides an important contribution to our understanding of the development of the early Nizari Ismailis and their Imams in Iran. The book considers the effects of neighbouring regional powers on the formation and adaptions of the Nizari state whilst it was continuously subjected to the assaults of the Saljuq Turks. The result is a new perspective on how the Nizari Ismailis were able to survive and flourish through difficult times and establish themselves as a vital polity of the Muslim world.The Nizaris— also known as “Assassins” in western literature—have attracted considerable interest among both scholars and the general public. This book is a much-needed analysis of a neglected area of their vital history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-10-17
Mått156 x 232 x 14 mm
Vikt406 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieIsmaili Heritage
Antal sidor256
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780755656677

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Islam inom Filosofi och religion

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