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The Ismaili Muslims, who belong to the Shia branch of Islam, live in over 25 different countries around the world, mainly in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. T

Despite being one of the key Shi'i Muslim communities, the Ismailis were until recently studied primarily on the basis of the accounts of their enemies. This ne

Al-Ghazali is arguably one of the most influential thinkers in the history of Islam, and his writings have received greater scholarly attention in the West than

Examines the processes and interactions which led to the modernisation and successful co-optation by the British government of this comparatively small branch o

This is a welcome addition to the scant literature on the Ismaili communities of Syria. In addition to a wide reading of Arabic sources and a deep familiarity w