‫تاريخ الإسماعيليين الحديث: الاستمرارية والتغيير لجماعة مسلمة‬

by Farhad Daftary (Editor), فرهاد دفتري

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Genres: History

480 pages, Paperback

First published October 13, 2009

About the author

Farhad Daftary (born 1938) (Persian: فرهاد دفترى‎) is co-director and head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications at the Institute of Ismaili Studies.
Daftary received his Ph.D. in 1971 from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a consulting editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica, co-editor (with W. Madelung) of the Encyclopaedia Islamica, and the general editor of the Ismaili Heritage Series and the Ismaili Texts and Translations Series.

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Reviews

[Rukhsar (rukhsandbooks) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is certainly not an introductory text and is rather complex. Though I’m glad I read it, I think I’ll have to revisit it at a later date. Also, although I know there have been fights, battles, and wars often in the name of religion, I did not enjoy reading about it.
There is much unknown about Ismaili history and what is known is very complicated, especially in regards to timeline, leadership, and authority. This is fascinating as it explains many of the divisions in Islam but it also made me question far too many things.
Overall, the content of many of the chapters is not boring per say, however, the writing style of some of the authors is odd or stilted and thus made those select chapters difficult to get through. I also felt like the book overused the word diaspora.

[Harith Alrashid · Rating 4 out of 5]

مرجع مهم فيمايتعلق بالتوزع الجغرافي للطائفة الإسماعيلية بشقيها النزارية والبهرة وكيف وصلوا الى هذه البلاد وواقعهم الان ومجهودات زعيمهم الاغا خان في الحفاظ على الطائفة وتطويرها

[Harith Alrashid · Rating 4 out of 5]

مرجع مهم فيمايتعلق بالتوزع الجغرافي للطائفة الإسماعيلية بشقيها النزارية والبهرة وكيف وصلوا الى هذه البلاد وواقعهم الان ومجهودات زعيمهم الاغا خان في الحفاظ على الطائفة وتطويرها