Surviving the Mongols : Nizārī Quhistānī and the continuity of Ismaili tradition in Persia
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Surviving the Mongols : Nizārī Quhistānī and the continuity of Ismaili tradition in Persia
（Ismaili heritage series, 8）
I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2002
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Bibliography: p. 169-180
Includes index
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The Mongol invasion of Iran in the 13th century was a catastrophic event for all its inhabitants. For the persian Ismaili in particular, it put an end to their political aspirations and independent existence for many centuries. It has been held by many historians that subsequent to the fall of the central Ismaili fortress of Alumut to the Mongols, the community was virtually extripated from the region and its institutional network dismantled until its revival in the 16th century under the Safavid dynasty. Such an expansive view of post-Alumut Ismailism is questioned by this study which examines the poetic writings of Nizari Quhistani, one of the Ismaili authors who survived the Mongol invasion. The evidence of his writings demonstrate that while the Ismaili community was seriously impaired, its organizational structure and internal coherence were in no means decimated but continued to operate in different forms through the Mongol period of Persian history.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements xi Chronological Table xiii Introduction xxv 1 Boyhood 1 2 Divertissements 25 3 Flagellation and Aphrodisiacs 46 4 Madame de Montreuil's Revenge 62 5 Prime of Libertine Life 77 6 Imprisonment and Escape 94 7 Victimizer as Victim 106 8 Birth of a Middle-Aged Writer 124 9 Bastille 142 10 Revolution 171 11 Degrees of Terror 189 12 The New Justine and Juliette 202 13 Prison and Asylum 215 14 A Negative Strain 226 Bibliography 239 Index 244
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During the 13th century, the Persian-speaking lands were devastated by a series of Mongol invasions resulting in the death and displacement of countless Muslims of the region. Contrary to beliefs, a small number of Ismailis survived the Mongol onslaught, together with the basic infrastructure of their religious organization, the "da'wa". Here, the author explores, by examining the 13th-century writings of the poet Nizari Quhistani, how the Persian Ismailis maintained their religious identity and community.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Farhad Daftary xiii Preface xv 1 Introduction 1 Part One: The Ismaili Da'wa: Community, History and Destiny 9 2 The Early Ismaili and Fatimid Da'was 11 3 The NizA rA-- Ismaili Da'wa 32 4 The Mongol Catastrophe 44 Part Two: NizA rA-- QuhistA nA--: The Search for Meaning and Identity 55 5 The Poet NizA rA-- QuhistA nA-- 57 6 Ismailism, Sufism and NizA rA-- QuhistA nA-- 84 7 NizA rA--s Safar-nA ma: The Journey of a DA 'A-- 108 Notes 147 Bibliography 169 Index 181
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