HOLLISTER, John Norman. The Shi'a of India. London: Luzac. 1953.
8vo. Original buckram with dust-wrappers (price-clipped); pp. xiv, 440, frontispiece and one plate; small leisure to upper margin of the front of the wrapper, light offsetting from illustrations; otherwise very good.
Uncommon first edition of this in-depth study of the history, development and socio-political role of Shia Islam on the Subcontinent. The publication of theis ground-breaking work had been considerably delayed by the Partition of 1947. Hollister pays particular attention to the development of the Ismaili communities and their 'unorthodox' practices.
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