{"product_id":"9780755658367","title":"Imperial Rivalry and Muslim Reform The Ottomans, the Aga Khan and the Syrian Isma'ilis","description":"\u003ch1\u003eImperial Rivalry and Muslim Reform\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Ottomans, the Aga Khan and the Syrian Isma'ilis\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAmaan Merali\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Middle East \/ Turkey \u0026amp; Ottoman Empire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIn the late 19th century, the minority Syrian Isma\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eilis became followers of a Shi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ei imam, Muslim politician and British ally in colonial Bombay, the Aga Khan III, embroiling them in wider Ottoman and British competition over subjects' religious and political loyalty.\u003c\/b\u003e Challenging binary views of the historical experiences of religious minorities as either victims or collaborators, this book reveals the Syrian Isma'ilis' strategic agency as they navigated complex geopolitical contexts from the fin de siècle through WWI and the establishment of the French Mandate over Syria in 1922. Using a range of archival materials, the book explores the Syrian Isma'ilis' reasons for becoming followers of the Aga Khan, their responses to the Aga Khan's and the Ottomans' interventions in their lives and the degree to which they were affected by and participated in cultural and political movements, such as Ottomanism, Pan-Islamism and nascent Arab nationalism. It also details the wider context, such as the Ottomans' reaction to the Syrian Isma'ilis and Aga Khan's new relationship in light of ongoing ethnonational separatism and European imperialism as well as the influence of Muslim modernists on the Aga Khan's reformist vision of Islam and his motivations to remake his followers into a global religious community. Examining the effects of the Ottomans' and the Aga Khan's competition over the Syrian Isma'ilis' religious and political consciousness, the book sheds important light on the complexity of transimperial Muslim identity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAmaan Merali\u003c\/b\u003e is a Research Affiliate at the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Freie Universität Berlin. He has published on Ottoman and Isma'ili history and taught at the University of Oxford, the University of British Columbia, the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies and the Institute of Ismaili Studies.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780755658367\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669938864268,"sku":"9780755658367","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780755658367","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}