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'The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Islamic Publications Ltd.
I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
Shi'i Muslims have played a crucial role, proportionally greater than their relative size, in furthering the civilizational achievements of Islam. Indeed, the Shi'i scholars and literati of various branches and regions, including scientists, philosophers, theologians, jurists and poets, have made seminal contributions to Islamic thought and culture. There have also been numerous Shi'i dynasties, families or individual rulers who patronized scholars, poets and artists as well as various institutions of learning in Islam. In spite of its significance, however, Shi'i Islam has received little scholarly attention in the West, and when it has been discussed, whether in general or in terms of some of its subdivisions, it has normally been treated marginally as a 'sect' or a 'heterodoxy'. The present book draws on the scattered findings of modern scholarship in the field, attempting to explain the formative era of Shi'i Islam, when a multitude of Muslim groups and schools of thought were elaborating their doctrinal positions.
Subsequent chapters are devoted to the history of the Ithna'asharis, or Twelvers, the Ismailis, the Zaydis and the Nusayris (now more commonly known in Syria as the Alawis), the four communities that account for almost the entirety of the Shi'i Muslim population of the world. The result is a comprehensive survey of Shi'i Islam that will serve as an accessible work of reference for academics in both Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, as well as the broader field of the History of Religions, and also more general, non-specialist readers.
Contents
Preface
Note on transliteration, dates and abbreviations
1. Introduction: Progress in the Study of Shi?i Islam
Diversity in Early Islam
Medieval Sunni Perceptions
Medieval European Perceptions
Orientalist Perspectives
Modern Scholarship on Shi?i Islam
2. The Origins and Early History of Shi?i Islam
Origins of Shi?ism
The Early Shi?a
The Kaysaniyya
The Ghulat
The Early Imamiyya
The Imami Shi?i Doctrine of the Imamate
3. The Ithna?asharis or Twelvers
The Later Twelver Imams and the Hidden Mahdi
From the Occultation of the Twelfth Imam to the Mongol Invasions
From Nasir al-Din al-Tusi to the Advent of the Safawids
From the Safawids to Early Modern Times
From around 1215/1800 to the Present
4. The Ismailis
The Early Ismailis
The Fatimid Phase in Ismaili History
The Tayyibi Ismailis: The Yamani and Indian Phases
The Nizari Ismailis: The Alamut Phase
Later Developments in Nizari Ismaili History
The Anjudan revival
The modern period
5. The Zaydis
The Early Zaydis
The Zaydis of the Caspian Region in Persia
The Zaydis of Yaman
6. The Nusayris or ?Alawis
Nusayri Studies
History of the Nusayris
The Nusayri-?Alawi Doctrines
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
