1. Secrecy or concealment of Faith
2. "An Ismailitic work by Nasiruddin Tusi" published in the Journal of The Royal Asiatic Society, July 1931
3. Ja'far ibn Mansur, Asrar al Nutaqa, p.-81 Tr. By W.Ivanow, in The Rise of the Fatimids, p.275

4. Ibid., p. 94, Tr.p. 291
5. Ibid., p. 95, Tr.p. 292
6. "Tarikhe Jahangushai " by Khwaja Ataullah Malek Juwaini.

"Tarikhe Firishta" by Mahomed Kasim Firista
7. 'The Origin of the Khojas and Their Religious Life To-day' by Dr. Syed Mujtaba Ali, p.8 "Ujunu 1-akhbar by Sayyidna Idris' Imadu'd-din, p.48 "Rise of The Fatimids" by W. Ivanow p.235
8. E. Graefe, in Encyclopaedia of Islam, ii art. "Fatimids," p.88
9. D.S. Margoliouth, in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed. x, art. "Fatimites," p.202
10. E. Quatremere, Memoires Historiques sur la Dynastie des Khalifes Fatimites, Journal Asiatique, Aug., 1836, pp. 103, 106.
11. S. de Sacy, Expose de la Religion des Druzes, Paris, 1838, Introduction p. 66
12. E. Blochet, Le Messianisme dans L'hétérodixie Musulmane, Paris, 1903, p. 82 : cf.Inostrancevk Torjestvewnii viezd Fatimidskich Chaliphov, in Zapiski Vost. Otd. Imp.Arch.Obshe., vol.xvii
13. De Lacy O'Leary, A Short History of the Fatimid Khalifate, London, 1923, p.166
14. D.M. Donaldson, The Shiite Religion, London, 1933.p. 281
15. W. Gullame, The Traditions of Islam, p.37
16. T.W. Arnold, The Caliphate, pp. 28-9,56
17. Cited by Quatremene, Vie du Khalife Fatimite Moezz, Journal Asiatique, Paris, 1837, i, pp. 51-2,
18. Ibn Hammad, Documents Inédits sur Obeydallah, Journal Asiatique ,1855, i, pp. 542-3
19. 'Polemics on Origin of Fatimi Caliphs ' by Prince P.H. Mamour
20. Ibid
21. Ibid
22. Makrisi, Chrestomathie Arabe, 2nd ed., ii,pp 88 et seq. Mamour's Polemics on Origin of Fatmi Caliphs.
23. Polemics On Origin of Fatimi Caliphs by Prince P.H. Mamour
24. Rise of The Fatimids, Prof, W. Ivanow p.5
25. Prof. W. Ivanow, "Brief Survey of The Evolution of Ismailism", p.15
26. H.A.R. Gibb and J.H. Kramers, "Shorter Encyclopedia of Islam ", ch. Ismailiya, p.180.
27. A.A.A. Fyzee, Al Hidayat Al Amiriyya, p.4 ct. "The Shia of India" by John Norman Hollister, p.243.
28. A.S. Picklay, "History of The Ismailis" p.35
29. "Kalami Pir" tr. Prof. W. Ivanow, p.44
30. All this is the most valuable corroboration of the probability of the genuineness as regards the descent from Nizar of the "small boy" who was secretly brought to Alamut." - Prof. W. Ivanow.
31. Op. Cit. pp.28
32. Ch. Ismailiya, p.180
33. W. Ivanow, "Tombs of Some Persian Ismaili Imams, JBBRAS, 1938, XIV, p.49
34. N.Hollister, "The Shia of India", p.331
35. W.Ivanow, p.44
36. W.Ivanow, pp 68/69
37. Op. cit. pp. 54
38. J.N Hollister, "The Shi'a of India" p.332
39. Op. cit. pp 332
40. The Shi'a of India, P.370
41. History of The Ismailis, p.82
42. H.A.R. Gibb and J.H. Kramers, "Shorter Encyclopedia of Islam " ch.Ismailiya, p.180
43. Syed M.H. Zaidi, A Short Biographical Sketch of Aga Khan III
44. J.N. Hollister, The Shi'a of India, ch. XXV, p.378