The Study of Shi士i Islam聽presents papers originally delivered at the first international colloquium dedicated exclusively to Shi士i studies, held in 2010 at 鸟大大影院, London.
A History of Shi’i Islam聽has recently become the focus of international attention in the context of various conflicts and crises afflicting the Middle East.
Living in Historic Cairo: Past and Present in an Islamic City聽– originally conceived as a companion to the homonym film –聽aims to capture the full story of the collaborative project in al-Darb al-Ahmar within the broader context of the history of the city of Cairo.
The Ismailis: An Illustrated History聽contains some 400 images of manuscripts, artefacts and monuments, community documents as well as important historical and contemporary photographs.
聽deals with aspects of Ismaili history and thought in medieval times.
聽is the culmination of more than three decades of research and compilation undertaken by Dr Farhad Daftary, ever since he started his research on the history of the IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Ja士far al-峁⒛乨iq (d. 765), as his successor..
Culture and Memory in Medieval Islam: Essays in Honour of Wilferd Madelung聽honours Laudian Professor of Arabic (Emeritus) at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow at 鸟大大影院, Professor Wilferd Madelung, for his contributions to the fields of early and medieval Islamic history and thought.
Intellectual Traditions in Islam:聽Keynote Address at 鈥業ntellectual Traditions in Islam鈥 Seminar Aziz Esmail* University of Cambridge August 14, 1994
The Isma鈥榠lis: Their History and Doctrines聽provides a coverage of nearly 1300 years of the history of the Ismailiyya in an abbreviated manner, presenting a synthesis and summary of the latest scholarship in the field.
The Ismaili Imams: A Biographical History聽is a聽highly illustrated book that presents for the first time the biographies of all the Ismaili imams, in a series of concise narratives recounting their lives and actions, and through them the Ismaili community鈥檚 history and heritage.
