Secret Order of Assassins: The Struggle of the Early Nizari Isma'ilis Against the Islamic World

Contributor(s): Hodgson, Marshall G S (Author)

ISBN: 9780812219166

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Binding Types:

Paperback

$28.95

Digicover (1-4 copies)

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Readerbound (5-99 copies)

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$28.95

Pub Date: April 5, 2005

Dewey: 297.822

LCCN: 2005042218

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 9.00" L x 5.90" W ( 1.15 lbs) 352 pages

BISAC Categories:

Religion | Islam | Shia

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description:

Remains the most complete history of the Assassins. Beginning the story with the separation of Sunnis and Shi'ites and the rise of Ismâ'îlism, an offshoot of Shi'ism, Hodgson traces the long and complex history of power struggles within Islam that led ultimately to the separation of the Nizârî Ismâ'îlîs and their direct challenge to Muslim leadership.

Review Quotes:

The essential work on the Assassins.--Times Literary Supplement

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