02444nam a2200385Ia 4500 ebr10132976 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 031118s2005 enkabf sb 001 0 eng d GBA4-Z1580 1850434646 9781850434641 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)614923879 DS94.5 .W55 2005eb 725.180955 21 Willey, Peter. Eagle's nest [electronic resource] : Ismaili castles in Iran and Syria / Peter Willey. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; London : In association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2005. xxvii, 321 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps. Ismaili heritage series ; 10 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Castles Iran. Castles Syria. Electronic books. local Institute of Ismaili Studies. ebrary, Inc. Ismaili heritage series ; 10. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10132976 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 79225 79225