Alawi/Nusayris sect reading materials

Fedai (thank you!) has provided name of articles/books for reading about the Alawi/Nusayris sect.

[1] al-Husayn ibn Hamdân al-Khasîbî: A Historical Biography of the Founder of the Nusayrî-'Alawite Sect (http://www.jstor.org/pss/1596110)

[2] 'Erdogan Cinar' an apologetic for alternative Alevi beliefs; namely, 'Isikism' ('light'ism). Extensively criticized by the alevis who claim Islamic heritage,
the authors works are in Turkish but here is a snippet from wiki about the chap and his findings. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishikism

[3] The Alevi of Anatolia By David Zeidan http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/1999/issue4/zeidan.pdf

[4] Thesis Eleven, BETWEEN CHIEFTAINCY AND KNIGHTHOOD: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF OTTOMAN AND SAFAVID ORIGINS' (http://the.sagepub.com/content/76/1/85.full.pdf+html)