This volume is a product of authors extensive survey in the way of consulting the accessible
source materials, affording religious and political chronology of the SHIA ISMAILI MUSLIMS
and their illustrious IMAMS in Islamic history. Compiled with well-balanced scrutiny of
primary, secondary and modern sources. Designed with a detailed analysis of the advent and rise
of Islam down to the present day in a continuous chronological narrative, this volume focuses the
intellectual contributions of the Ismailis in the anal of Islam. It is a comprehensive study on the
origin of the Ismailis and their key role to promulgate Islamic message in the world. This volume
is neatly split into six major chapters, projecting (1) Arabian (2) Syrian (3) North African &
Egyptian; (4) Almut (5) Post-Almut, and (6) The Aga Khans period. of considerable worth and
interest of the Appendices: (1) The Image of Mohammad and Islam in Western Countries (2) The
Ismaili Rule in Sind and Hind, and (3) Abu Ali Ibn Sina. The main core of book is to explode by
the force of evidence from the authoritative references the false propaganda, allegation and
factious legends often branded against the Ismailis, and to expose the errors of the sources as
well. In sum, this volume inestimably supplies what has been lacking in other books hitherto
published, enriched with important details previously unknown. The diligent scholars and
assiduous students who were hampered for want of a comprehensive book, will find it a mine of
rare information on the subject, enabling them to follow the thread of historical narrative during
last fourteen centuries.
780 pages
Islamic Book Publisher
P.O. Box No. 5315
Karachi, Pakistan
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