The Ismailis, among whom are the followers of the Aga Khan, rose to
prominence during the fourth Islamic/tenth Christian century. They
developed a remarkably successful intellectual programme to sustain
and support their political activities, promoting demands of
Islamic doctrine together with the then newly imported sciences
from abroad. The high watermark of this intellectual movement is
best illustrated in the writings of the Ismaili theoretician Abu
Yaqub al-Sijistani. Using both published and manuscript writings of
al-Sijistani that have hitherto been largely hidden, forgotten or
ignored, Dr Paul Walker reveals the scholar's major contribution to
the development of philosophical Shiism. He analyses his role in
the Ismaili mission (da'wa) of that time and critically assesses
the major themes in his combination of philosophy and religious
doctrine.
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