Heterodox Isma 'Ilism At The Time Of Al-mu 'Izz
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2770563 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Stern (0000-0001-5275-6959), S M Stern (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1955 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 10-33 |
| Publication date | 1955-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00106329 |
| OpenAlex | W1996332574 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
THE historian of Isma'Ilism, to whichever part of its chequered history he turns, is confronted with unusually difficult problems of historical criticism. These are due, at least partly, to the character of the movement itself. There can be hardly any doubt that when Isma'Ilism, which had started as an underground organization in the middle of the 3rd/9th century, established itself in the 4th/10th century as a powerful empire under the Fatimids, the official leadership endeavoured to cover up the origins of the movement with a thick smoke-screen. On the other hand, its enemies and Isma'Ilism was the besthated sect in Islamadded to the confusion by giving currency to sensational and fanciful accounts, curious mixtures of truth and fiction
Ancient history · Art · Character (mathematics) · Confusion · Criticism · Empire · Literature · Families in Therapy and Culture · History · Islamic Studies and History · Islamic Thought and Society Studies · Philosophy
Samuel Stern and early Ismā‘īlism
Challenging Narratives of “Missionary” Ismaʿilism in Buyid Iran
The genesis of Ismā'ili Da'wa activities in the Yemen
A re-examination of al-Mahdī's letter to the Yemenites on the genealogy of the Fatimid caliphs
Al-Qādī al-nu'mān's works and the sources
The Mīm, the ՙAyn, and the making of Ismāՙīlism
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1973 - 2021 (49) |
| Highly cited | No |