TY  - BOOK
AU  - Willey,Peter
ED  - Institute of Ismaili Studies.
TI  - Eagle's nest: Ismaili castles in Iran and Syria 
T2  - Ismaili heritage series
SN  - 1423768183
AV  - DS261 .W55 2005eb
U1  - 725.180955 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London, New York, London
PB  - I.B. Tauris, in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
KW  - Castles
KW  - Iran
KW  - Syria
KW  - ARCHITECTURE
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Public, Commercial & Industrial
KW  - Ismailiten
KW  - Burg
KW  - Syrien
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 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
N2  - Peter Willey is the world authority on the Ismaili castles of Iran and Syria. Educated at Charterhouse and Cambridge, he was badly wounded at Anzio in 1944 and subsequently spent many years in the discovery and investigation of the Ismaili castles. He now lectures on the Middle East and Islamic art and culture at Bristol University. He has written a number of books including 'The Castles of the Assassins' (1963) which is still regarded as the standard work on the subject, and he has contributed to the 'Encyclopaedia of Islam' on Islamic monuments
ER  -