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100 1 $aHodgson, Marshall G. S.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50031256
240 10 $aOrder of assassins
245 14 $aThe secret order of assassins :$bthe struggle of the early Nizârî Ismâʻîlîs against the Islamic world /$cMarshall G.S. Hodgson.
260 $aPhiladelphia :$bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$c2005.
300 $aix, 352 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aOriginally published: 's-Gravenhage : Mouton, 1955, under title: The order of assassins.
500 $aBased in part on the author's thesis, University of Chicago.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [329]-334) and index.
505 00 $gI.$tIntroduction : the Ismaili heritage -- $gPt. 1.$tThe onslaught against the Saljuqs -- $gII.$tHasan-i Sabbah and the Ismaili crisis -- $gIII.$tThe Nizari revolt -- $gIV.$tWar with the Saljuqs : decisive phase -- $gV.$tThe Nizari state -- $gVI.$tReaction of the Islamic world -- $gPt. 2.$tThe gospel of the Qiyama -- $gVII.$tStalemate and a new start : Hasan 'Ala Dhikri-hi s-Salam -- $gVIII.$tThe preaching of the Qiyama -- $gIX.$tQiyama times in Syria : Rashid ad-Din Sinan -- $gX.$tRapprochement with Sunnism : the Satr -- $gXI.$tThe last generation of freedom -- $gXII.$tThe failure of the Nizari venture -- $gApp. I.$tThe popular appeal of the Qiyama : commentary and translation of the Haft Bab-i Baba Sayyid-na -- $gApp. II.$tHasan-i Sabbah's doctrine : translation from Shahrastani.
520 1 $a"The sect known as "the Assassins," a corruption of an Arabic word that means hashish smoker, is familiar to the West as a mystical cult of killers led by the "Man in the Mountain" encountered by the Crusaders." "Marshall Hodgson's first major book, The Secret Order of the Assassins remains the most complete history of the Assassins. Beginning the story with the separation of Sunnis and Shi'ites and the rise of Ismailism, 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 Nizari Ismailis and their direct challenge to Muslim leadership. Hodgson goes on to explain the principles of the movement, provides an examination of their sacred texts, and follows the history of the group from the pinnacle of power in the mid-eleventh century to its legacy in the form of small pockets of followers in parts of contemporary Syria and India. Long out of print and appearing for the first time in paperback, this book is an illuminating study in the history of Islam."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aAssassins (Ismailites)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008754
650 17 $aAssassijnen.$2gtt
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