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Title: The Isma'ilis : Their History and Doctrines by Farhad Daftary ISBN: 0-521-42974-9 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 24 April, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $53.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: This book establishs Daftary as synonymous with Isma'ilism
Comment: This is an unprecedented work of scholarly insight, a must have for anyone interested in Isma'ilism although you never really read this sort of work from cover to cover, it's useful to dip in, on every issue.

The history covers the development of Shiism...right through to Ismailism to the modern day...that's 1400yrs of development and history not too mention all the branchs and movemnets that split off and their current status.

I can't praise this book enough. One issue though is regarding the modern Bohra's (Mustalian Tayyibi's), I would recommend Jonah Blanks "Mullahs on the Mainframe" to understand them in the modern period; as Daftary used too much information from the Bohra reformers in regards to that branch of the Isma'ilis...however an excellent work all round. if you haven't dipped in here you are missing out.

Rating: 5
Summary: Awesome !
Comment: The most detailed book on Isma'ilis - the best unbiased, factual and complete book on Isma'ilis out there.

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