8 Shiism in the sixteenth century: the limits of power (and influence)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Shiism fragmented: the faith and the faithful from the seventh to the ninth century 16
6. 2 Bereft of a leader: the early traditionists and the beginnings of doctrine and practice 36
7. 3 The challenge of ‘the Uncertainty’ 57
8. 4 Majority and minority: rationalism on the defensive in the later Buyid period 78
9. 5 Betwixt and between: the Twelvers and the Turks 101
10. 6 The Mongol and Ilkhanid periods: the rise and limits of the school of al-Hilla 122
11. 7 The severest of challenges 138
12. 8 Shiism in the sixteenth century: the limits of power (and influence) 155
13. 9 The past rediscovered and the future assured: Shiism in the seventeenth century 177
14. Epilogue 203
15. Appendix I. Scholars by region: fifth–twelfth Islamic centuries/ eleventh–eighteenth centuries ad 212
16. Appendix II. Manuscript copies of key Twelver Shii written works, sixth–thirteenth Islamic centuries/twelfth–nineteenth centuries ad 214
17. Appendix III. Selected Safawid period rijal works 230
18. Appendix IV. Shuruh/Hawashi of key Twelver works, sixth–twelfth Islamic centuries/twelfth–eighteenth centuries ad 232
19. Bibliography 242
20. Index 256