Eagle's nest Ismaili castles in Iran and Syria /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York : London :
I.B. Tauris ; In association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies,
2005.
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| Series: | Ismaili heritage series ;
10. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction : early history of the Ismailis
- 2. Hasan Sabbah and the Ismailis of Iran
- 3. Rashid al-Din Sinan and the Ismailis of Syria
- 4. Organisation and ethos of the Ismaili state
- 5. The Mongol conquest
- 6. The strategy of Ismaili castles
- 7. Castles of the Alamut Valley - I
- 8. Castles of the Alamut Valley - II
- 9. The mountain fortresses of Qumes
- 10. Castles of the Qa'inat
- 11. The fortified province of Qohistan
- 12. Castles of Isfahan and Arrajan
- 13. Citadels of the Syrian Mountains - I
- 14. Citadels of the Syrian Mountains - II
- 15. Badakhshan and Hunza
- 16. Epilogue
- App. I. Research expeditions led by the author
- App. II. List of Ismaili castles and fortifications
- App. III. Ismaili pottery from the Alamut period / Rosalind A. Wade Haddon
- App. IV. Ismaili coins from the Alamut period / Hussein Hamdan and Aram Vardanyan.