Syrian Ismailism: The Ever Living Line of the Imamate, AD 1100-1260

✍ Scribed by Nasseh Ahmad Mirza

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 165
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
CONTENTS
Illustrations
Dedication
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1 INTRODUCTION
Part One - An Outline of the Political History of the Amirate of Miṣyaf
2 THE PRINCIPALITY OF MIṢYĀF UNDER SINĀN
Introductory
The Early Life and Career of Sinān
The Death of Abu Muḥammad and the Accession of Sinān
Sinārís Efforts to Consolidate the Isma'ili Position
Relations with Alamut
The Episode of the Sufāt
Sinān's Relations with Saladin
Two Abortive Attempts on the Life of Saladin
The Siege of Misyāf
The Murder of Conrad of Montferrat
Sinān and the Crusaders
The Negotiations with Amalric I
"Sinān's Offer to EmbraceChristianity"
The Death of Sinān
3 THE SYRIAN ISMA'ILIS FROM THE DEATH OF SINĀN TO THE FALL OF ALAMUT
The Situation Confronting Sinān's Successors
The Repercussions in Syria of the Rapprochement between the Persian Isma'ilis and the Caliphate
Al-Nāsir's Ambassador in Aleppo
A Test for Isma'ili-Ayyubid Friendship
The Other Side of the Coin
The Isma'ilis and the leaders of the Sixth and Seventh Crusades
Majd al-Din Receives the Envoys of Frederick II (AD 1194-1250)
Effects of Over-Confidence
Consultation with Aleppo
The Isma'ili Mission to St Louis at Akka
A Friar among the Isma'ilis
The Fall of Alamut and its Effect on the Syrian Isma'ilis
The Disheartened Syrian Isma'ilis
4 THE SYRIAN ISMA'ILIS UNDER THE EARLY MAMLUKS
The Internal Situation
A Successor for Radi al-Din;
How Many Strongholds?
The Last Ten Years of a Precarious Independence
A Prejudicial Step
The Isma'ilis Become Tributary to Baybars
Najmal-Dtn's Costly Misjudgement
The Appointment of Sarim al-Dīn
Sarim al-Dīn Overplays his Hand
The Final Subjugation of the Isma'ilis
The Fall of al-Ullayqa
The Surrender of the Remaining Castles
In the Service of the Mamluks
Part Two - Beliefs and Organization
5 THE UNIVERSAL DIVINE ORDER
Introduction
The Isma'ili System of Philosophy
The Isma'ili Theory of Creation
The Belief in the Seven Cycles (al-Adwãr al-Sab'a)
Al-Kirmani's Ten Intellects
Spiritual Trends in Syrian Isma'ilism under the alamut Imamate
The Initiation of a New Cycle
Popular Leanings Towards Metempsychosis
6 THE ORGANIZATION OF THE DA'WA
Alamut and the Militant Nizãri Revolutionary Organization
The Autonomy of the Syrian Da'wa under Sīnan
7 CONCLUDING REMARKS; ISMA'ILISM IN PERSPECTIVE
Appendix I Notes on Four Isma'ili Manuscripts
Appendix II Four Biographies from Jannat Al-Ᾱmal
Notes
Bibliography
Index