商品簡介
Produced by the Institute of Ismaili Studies (where Daftary is Associate Director), this sumptuously illustrated, oversized volume (10.5x12.5"), offers a thorough and accessible history of the Ismaili Shi'ites from a sympathetic viewpoint. The history covers the life of Mohammad, the early Shi'a, the early Ismailis and the Fatimid state in Cairo, and the Nizari Ismailies from the 13th century to the present. The book is noteworthy for its splendid color images of Islamic art and architecture, with descriptive captions of their origins and use. The philanthropy of the Ismaili Imam Aga Khan IV is noted, including his role in conserving celebrated monuments of Islamic history. Co-author Hirji teaches anthropology at York U., Toronto, Canada. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Farhad Daftary is head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications and Associate Director at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. An authority in Ismaili studies, his publications include A Short History of the Ismailis(1998), The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Ismailis (1994), and Ismaili Literature (2004). Dr Daftary's books have been translated into Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu and numerous European languages.Zulfikar Hirji is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at York University, Toronto. He is the editor of Muslim Plurality and Pluralism (2008), the author of Moving Subjects, Shifting Paradigms: Multi-sited Ethnography and Indian Ocean Communities (forthcoming), and has articles in journals including 'Anthropology of the Middle East', 'Sociologus', and books including Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies (2005), Modern Ismaili Communities (2008).
