Ismailis in Medieval Muslim Societies

Preface ix Note on the Text xi Diversity in Islam 1(26) The Ismailis and Ismaili Studies 27(18) Part I. The Early and Fatimid Phases The Early Ismaili Movement and the Ismaili-Qarmati Schism 45(17) The Ismaili Da'wa and the Fatimid Dawla 62(27) Sayyida Hurra: The Ismaili Queen of Yaman 89(18) Part II. The Nizari Phase Historiography of the Early Nizari Ismailis in Persia 107(17) Hasan-i Sabbah and the Origins of the Nizari Ismaili Da'wa and State 124(25) The Syrian Ismailis and the Crusaders: History and Myth 149(22) Nasir al-Din al-Tusi and the Ismailis 171(12) Ismaili-Sufi Relations in Post-Alamut Persia 183(24) Part III. Aspects of Ismaili Thought Intellectual Life among the Ismailis 207(24) Select Bibliography 231(16) Index 247