The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: a history of survival, a search for salvation
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Oxford; New York
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Oxford University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xix, 301 p.: ill., maps; 25 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 265 - 289( and index
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Shafique N. Virani
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Recovering a lost history -- The eagle returns -- Veiling the sun -- Summoning to the truth -- Possessors of the command -- Qibla of the world -- The way of the seeker -- Salvation and imamate -- Conclusion