Eagle's nest [electronic resource] : Ismaili castles in Iran and Syria / Peter Willey.
Series: Ismaili heritage series ; 10.Publication details: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; London : In association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2005.Description: xxvii, 321 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., mapsISBN:- 1850434646
- 9781850434641
- 725.180955 21
- DS94.5 .W55 2005eb
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Published in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [308]-311) and index.
1. Introduction : early history of the Ismailis -- 2. Hasan Sabbah and the Ismailis of Iran -- 3. Rashid al-Din Sinan and the Ismailis of Syria -- 4. Organisation and ethos of the Ismaili state -- 5. The Mongol conquest -- 6. The strategy of Ismaili castles -- 7. Castles of the Alamut Valley - I -- 8. Castles of the Alamut Valley - II -- 9. The mountain fortresses of Qumes -- 10. Castles of the Qa'inat -- 11. The fortified province of Qohistan -- 12. Castles of Isfahan and Arrajan -- 13. Citadels of the Syrian Mountains - I -- 14. Citadels of the Syrian Mountains - II -- 15. Badakhshan and Hunza -- 16. Epilogue -- App. I. Research expeditions led by the author -- App. II. List of Ismaili castles and fortifications -- App. III. Ismaili pottery from the Alamut period / Rosalind A. Wade Haddon --
App. IV. Ismaili coins from the Alamut period / Hussein Hamdan and Aram Vardanyan.
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