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1	The Shiites more books like this by David Pinault add to wishlist Shiite Islam is one of the world's major religions with millions of followers throughout the Middle East and South Asia. However it is often mistakenly seen by the West as a political movement. This book describes what Shiism actually means to those who practise it and outlines Shiite history. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $19.28! \| SVS
2	The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Isma'ilis more books like this by Farhad Daftary add to wishlist For hundreds of years Westerners have been fascinated by stories of the Assassins, their mysterious leader and their remote mountain stronghold at Alamut in Northern Iran. The legends first emerged in the 12th and 13th centuries, when Crusaders in Syria came into contact with the Nazari Isma'ilis, one of the communities of Shi'ite Islam who, at ... see all copies from $16.85! new only from $24.81! \| SVS
3	Shi'a Islam: From Religion to Revolution more books like this by Heinz Halm add to wishlist An introduction to the historical and intellectual development of Twelver (Imamite) Shi'a Islam. The author also presents Shi'i rituals as seen by European travellers, and considers these rituals more important than Shi'a legal codes in terms of influencing culture. see all copies from $10.50! new only from $25.00!
4	Early Shi'i Thought: The Teachings of Imam Muhammad Al-Baqir more books like this by Arzina R Lalani add to wishlist Imam Muhammad al-Baqir was one of the most erudite Muslims of his age, and played a significant role in the history of early Islam. At once a versatile leader and scholar in the eighth-century Muslim world, he was also an authority on the exegesis of the Qur'an, the traditions of the Prophet, and all matters relating to the rites, rituals and ... see all copies from $15.23! new only from $30.04!
5	Ecstasy and Enlightenment: The Ismaili Devotional Literature of South Asia more books like this by Ali S Asani add to wishlist The devotional literature of the Ismailis in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent is a rich seam of creativity in the cultural heritage of Islam. This book looks at the "ginans", a large corpus of hymns and poems composed in a variety of Indic languages and attributed to a series of preacher-saints who propagated Ismaili Islam in the subcontinent over ... see all copies from $20.79! new only from $35.27!
6	The Shiites: A Short History more books like this by Heinz Halm add to wishlist see all copies from $43.43! new only from $43.43!
7	Extremist Shiites: The Ghulat Sects more books like this by Matti Moosa add to wishlist Little is known in the West about the division of the Islamic world into Shiites and Sunnites and even less about the stratification of these two groups, with most of the attention going to the Sunnites. Moosa's comprehensive study of the origins and cultural aspects of the different extremist, or Ghulat, Shiite sects in the Middle East is a ... see all copies from $15.24! new only from $44.95!
8	Throne of gold. more books like this by Anne Edwards add to wishlist The story of three generations of the (Aga) Khan dynasty, the spiritual head of the Ismaili Muslims with 20 million followers in India, Pakistan, East Africa and Central Asia. This book concentrates on three members of the Khan dynasty. Firstly, The Aga Khan III, the third heriditary ruler of the Muslim Ismaili Sect who was born to wealth and ... see all copies from $6.00! first editions
9	Islamic Teachings: An Overview more books like this add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $84.26! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Emergence of Islam: Prophecy, Imamate, and Messianism in Perspective more books like this by Paragon House, Mostafa Vaziri, Mostasa Vazieiith add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
11	Religion and Politics in Iran: Shiism from Quietism to Revolution more books like this by Nikki R Keddie add to wishlist This book, dealing with religion and politics, is not intended to be about the development of religious doctrine and movements in the abstract, but about their development out of, and interaction with, a variety of social and political conditions. see all copies from $8.30! new only from $59.50!
12	The Secret Order of Assassins: The Struggle of the Early Nizari Isma'ilis Against the Islamic World more books like this by Marshall G S Hodgson add to wishlist The sect known as "the Assassins," a corruption of an Arabic word that means hashish smoker, is familiar to the West as a mystical cult of killers led by the "Man in the Mountain" encountered by the Crusaders. But it was not defeat at the hands of Christians that ended more than a century of Assassin rule; it was the massive and brutal invasion of ... see all copies from $21.62! new only from $21.62! \| SVS
13 view cover	A Short History of the Ismailis: Traditions of a Muslim Community more books like this by Farhad Daftary add to wishlist Despite being one of the key Shi'i Muslim communities, the Ismailis were until recently studied primarily on the basis of the accounts of their enemies. This new introduction is the first to be based on modern scholarship, taking account of recently recovered Ismaili texts. It covers all the main developments in the major phases of Ismaili ... see all copies from $37.50! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
14 view cover	Shi'ism more books like this by Etan Kohlberg add to wishlist This volume brings together 17 articles reflecting the wide range of scholarly interest in early Shi'ism since the 1950s. All major branches of Shi'ism are covered. Some studies are historical in nature, whether dealing with specific events or offering a broad historical perspective. Others focus on literary issues, on the development of doctrine ... see all copies from $142.28! new only from $142.30!
15 view cover	Shia Cresent: Emergence of World War 3 more books like this by Jamai Haquani add to wishlist A Shia Domination in the Middle East? Nuclear Capable Iran could give rise to a Shia dominance in the Middle East spanning from Iran to the Mediterranean and eventually threaten the European region and the west, and thereby causing the entire region to be monopolized by fanatics like President Mahmood Ahmedinejad and Mullah's who subscribe to a ... see all copies from $15.23! new only from $15.23! \| SVS
16	The Aga Khans more books like this by Mihir Bose add to wishlist see all copies from $59.22! first editions
17	The strange disappearance of Imam Moussa Sadr more books like this by Peter Theroux add to wishlist see all copies from $35.00! first editions
18	The Aga Khans. more books like this by Willi Frischauer add to wishlist see all copies from $24.99! SVS
19 view cover	Jesus: Through the Qur'an and Shi'ite Narrations more books like this by Al-Hajj Muhammad Legenhausen (Translator), Mahdi Muntazir Qa'im (Selected by) add to wishlist "Jesus Through the Qur'an and Shi'ite Narrations" draws from various Islamic texts to provide a comprehensive selection of excerpts pertaining to the life and moral teachings of Jesus. Approaching Christ from an Islamic perspecive, the book offers readers a rare opportunity to understand the significance of Jesus in Islam -- the Shi'ite sect in ... see all copies from $14.46! new only from $14.46! \| SVS
20 view cover	The Fatimids and Their Traditions of Learning: Volume 2 more books like this by Heinz Halm add to wishlist The Fatimid period was the golden age of Ismaili thought and literature, when the Shi'ite Ismaili Imams ruled over the vast areas of the Muslim world as the Fatimid caliphs and the Ismailis made important contributions to Islamic civilization. In this book, Heinz Halm investigates the intellectual traditions that developed among the Ismailis from ... see all copies from $33.10! new only from $33.10!
21	An Introduction to Shi'i'Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ism more books like this by Dr. Moojan Momen add to wishlist see all copies from $16.54!
22	Aga Khan more books like this by Jean Paul Bourre add to wishlist see all copies from $14.00!
23	Shi'ite Islam more books like this by Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Translator), Muhammad H. Al-Tabataba'i add to wishlist see all copies from $40.00! new only from $80.00!
24	Shiite Islam more books like this by Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai add to wishlist see all copies from $42.00!
25	The Shiites under attack more books like this by Mohamad Jawad Chirri add to wishlist see all copies from $5.50!

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