A SURVEY OF ISMAILI LITERATURE AS REFLECTED IN PERSIAN AND ARABIC CONTEXTS

The present paper is an endeavor to shed light on the significant contributions which Ismailis who were once deemed as dominant religious sects made to Persian and Arabic literature. Providing the reader with lucid illustrations, the author sets out to chronologically and geographically introduce important Ismaili men of letter and their works of literature _some of which have been taken for granted by analysts.