Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Early History of the Ismailis -- Part One: The Rise and Fall of the Nizari Ismaili State -- 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 -- Part Two: The Castle of the Ismailis -- 6. The Strategy of Ismails 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 -- Appendices -- Appendix I: Research Expeditions led by the Author -- Appendix II: List of Ismaili Castles and Fortifications -- Appendix III: Ismaili Pottery from the Alamut Period -- Appendix IV: Ismaili Coins from the Alamut Period -- Bibliography -- Index.