The Early Nizari Ismailis and their Neighbouring Powers
Politics in the Caspian Provinces
$59.56
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
12 December 2024
Summary
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.
Miklós Sárközy presents here a fresh investigation…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755656677 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0755656679 |
| Author: | Miklós Sárközy |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | I.B. Tauris |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 12 December 2024 |
| Weight: | 406g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 156mm x 232mm |
| Series: | Ismaili Heritage |
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Critics Review
Miklós Sárközy’s The Early Nizari Ismailis and Their Neighbouring Powers is a meticulously researched and thoughtfully argued study that fills a notable gap in the scholarship on the medieval Caspian region. * Journal of Near Eastern Studies *
Miklós Sárközy
Miklós Sárközy is Assistant Professor in the Institute of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Károli Gáspár 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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