The Early Nizari Ismailis and Their Neighbouring Powers: Politics in the Caspian Provinces by S?rk?zy, Mikl?s

The Early Nizari Ismailis and Their Neighbouring Powers: Politics in the Caspian Provinces (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780755656684)

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The Early Nizari Ismailis and Their Neighbouring Powers: Politics in the Caspian Provinces by S?rk?zy, Mikl?s

The Early Nizari Ismailis and Their Neighbouring Powers: Politics in the Caspian Provinces

$100.00
The Early Nizari Ismailis and Their Neighbouring Powers: Politics in the Caspian Provinces by S?rk?zy, Mikl?s

The Early Nizari Ismailis and Their Neighbouring Powers: Politics in the Caspian Provinces

$100.00
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Mikl?s S?rk?zy 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.

Author: Mikl?s S?rk?zy
ISBN-10: 0755656687
ISBN-13: 9780755656684
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Language: English
Published: 12/12/2024
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d
By Mikl?s S?rk?zy
By Mikl?s S?rk?zy
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Mikl?s S?rk?zy is Assistant Professor in the Institute of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at K?roli G?sp?r 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.

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