A modern history of the Ismailis: Continuity and change in a muslim community/ Farhad Daftary

1. Introduction
Farhad Daftary 1
Part I. Nizari Ismailis: Syria, Central Asia and China
2. Modern History of the Nizari Ismailis of Syria
Dick Douwes 19
3. The Nizari Ismailis of Central Asia in Modern Times
Flakim Elnazarov and Sultonbek Aksakolov 45
4. The Nizari Ismailis of China in Modern Times
Amier Saidula 77
Part II. Nizari Ismailis: South Asia and East Africa
5. From Satpanthi to Ismaili Muslim; The Articulation of
Ismaili Khoja Identity in South Asia
Ali S. Asani 95
6. The Socio-Legal Formation of the Nizari Ismailis of East
Africa, 1800-1950
Zulfikar Hirji 129
7. Communities of Tradition and the Modernizing of
Education in South Asia; The Contribution ot Aga Khan
III
Shiraz Thobani 161
Part III. Nizari Ismailis; Con i lmrorary Poi.iciks,
Institutions and Phrsri-ctivls
8. The Aga Khan Development Network and Institutions
Malise Rulhven 189
9. Caring for the Built Environment
Stefano Bianca 221
10. The Gender Policies of Aga Khan III and Aga Khan IV
Zayn R. Kassam 247
11. At the Interstices of Tradition, Modernity and
Postmodernity: Ismaili Engagements with Contemporary
Canadian Society
Karim H. Karim 265
Part IV. Tayyibi MustaT.ian Ismailis
12. History of the Da'udi Bohra Tayyibis in Modern Times:
The Da'is, the Da'wat and the Community
Saifiyah Qutbuddin 297
13. The Da'udi Bohra Tayyibis: Ideology, Literature, Learning
and Social Practice
Tahera Qutbuddin 331
14. A Brief Note on Other Tayyibi Communities: Sulaymanis
and 'Alavis
Tahera Qutbiiddin 355