This volume of Encyclopaedia Islamica is the fifth of a projected 16-volume publication, consisting of an abridged and edited translation of the Persian D膩示irat al-Ma士膩rif-i Buzurg-i Isl膩m墨, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world. One unique feature of this work of reference lies in the attention it gives to Shi士i Islam and its rich and diverse heritage, which makes it complementary to other encyclopaedias. In addition to providing entries on important themes, subjects and personages in Islam generally, it offers the western reader an opportunity to appreciate the various dimensions of Shi士i Islam, the Persian contribution to Islamic civilisation, and the spiritual dimensions of the Islamic tradition.
This volume contains articles on the great Iranian polymath, Ab奴 Ray岣ツ乶 补濒-叠墨谤奴苍墨, Sayyid(pl. s膩da/asy膩d) Arabic term for 鈥榣ord鈥 or 鈥榤aster鈥. It is a pre-Islamic term and refers to a person who possesses dignity or enjoys an exalted position among his people. Amongst… 岣san 叠耻箩苍奴谤诲墨, the prominent Shi士i scholar of the Najaf seminary, the Khur膩s膩n墨 ascetic and Sufi Bishr al-岣つ乫墨, and the Mu士tazil墨 theologian Bishr b. al-Mu士tamir. It also contains a host of other articles on topics as diverse as the history of cities of 叠耻办丑腻谤腻 and Cairo, the famous poem known as the Burda written in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the institution of the Caliphate, the life and work of the great 20th-century French Islamologist Henry Corbin.
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补濒-叠墨谤奴苍墨
Bishr al-岣つ乫墨
Bishr al-Mar墨s墨
Bishr b. al-Mu士tamir
Bishr b. al-Sar墨
Bismil Sh墨r膩z墨
叠墨蝉耻迟奴苍
B墨zhan wa Man墨zhah
Blue Mosque of Tabr墨z
BohraIndian community of Musta士li Ismailis, now found primarily in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent, Yemen, Egypt and other parts of the world.
Brotherhood
Budayl b. Warq膩示
叠耻丑濒奴濒
叠耻箩苍奴谤诲墨
叠耻办腻示
Bukayr b. M膩h膩n
叠耻办丑腻谤腻
Bukh膩r墨 Arfinj墨
al-Bukh膩r墨, Mu岣mmad
Bukh膩r墨, Sayyid Jal膩l al-D墨n
Bulgha
叠耻濒奴办
Bunah
叠耻苍诲腻谤
Bundar 膧b膩d, Complex
叠耻苍诲腻谤 b. al-岣sayn Sh墨r膩z墨
al-叠耻苍诲腻谤墨
叠耻苍墨肠丑补丑
Burayda b. al-岣峁yb
Burda
叠耻谤驳丑奴迟丑颈测测补
叠耻谤丑腻苍
叠耻谤丑腻苍 al-D墨n Ghar墨b
叠耻谤丑腻苍 al-D墨n J膩nam
叠耻谤丑腻苍 al-D墨n Mu岣qqiq Tirmidh墨
叠耻谤丑腻苍-i Q膩峁璱士
叠耻谤丑腻苍p奴r墨
Burial
补濒-叠耻谤蝉墨
叠耻谤奴箩颈谤诲
叠耻谤奴箩颈谤诲, Congregational Mosque
叠耻谤奴箩颈谤诲墨
叠耻谤锄奴测补
补濒-叠奴蝉丑补苍箩墨
补濒-叠奴峁Ｄ玶墨
础濒-叠奴蝉苍补飞墨
叠耻峁腻 补濒-厂丑腻尘The mediaeval region of Syria, today comprising Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Israel.
叠奴蝉迟腻苍
Bust墨, Ab奴 al-岣san
al-Bust墨, Ab奴 al-Q膩sim
叠奴测颈诲蝉
B奴yir A岣ad
Buy奴t膩t-i Sal峁璦nat墨
Buzghush Sh墨r膩z墨
al-B奴zj膩n墨, Ab奴 al-Waf膩示
B奴zj膩n墨, Darw墨sh 士Al墨
Buzurg b. Shahriy膩r
Buzurgmihr
叠耻锄耻谤驳-鲍尘墨诲
Cairo
Calendar
Caliphate
Calligraphy
Carpets and Carpet-Making
Categories
Causality
颁丑补驳丑腻苍颈测腻苍
Chaghat膩y Kh膩n
Chaghat膩y Kh膩nate
Chaghatay, Language and Literature
补濒-颁丑补驳丑尘墨苍墨
Chah膩r Ma岣ツ乴 wa Bakhtiy膩r墨
Chah膩r-b膩gh, Madrasa
颁丑补濒补产墨
Ch膩ldir膩n (脟ald谋ran)
颁丑补谤办丑墨
Cherkess (Circassian)
颁丑颈驳颈苍墨
Chihil Sut奴n (I峁ah膩n)
Chihil Sut奴n (Qazw墨n)
Chillah
Chir膩gh-i Dihl墨
Chir膩gh-i Rawshan
Chishtiyya
颁丑奴驳腻苍
Ch奴p膩n Oghullari
颁丑奴辫腻苍颈诲蝉
Circumcision
Clime
Clothing
Corbin, Henry
Cosmology and Cosmogony
Creation (in Islamic Philosophy)
Crown
The Crusades
Cyrus the Great
D膩bbat al-Ar岣
D膩d膩, Taq墨 al-D墨n Mu岣mmad
顿补岣腻苍
Dahr (in the Qur示膩n)
Dahriyya
Da岣 al-Ar岣
鈥楥learly the editors of ISLA have selected articles they consider will augment the existing reference sources 鈥 and they have completed this selection task with acumen and skill. The work as a whole remains, however, a 鈥渟pecialist encyclopaedia鈥 […] – or perhaps more accurately, it is an encyclopaedia for specialists […]. In that sense, it is a valuable addition […] to the reference work available at present. Perhaps its greatest merit is that it brings to an international audience a key example of and an excellent advertisement for high-quality Iranian scholarship which has hitherto been available but known only to a few.鈥
鈥 Robert Gleave, Journal of the American Oriental Society
鈥榌The] publication of Encyclopaedia Islamica is a notable step forward in including the Shi鈥榓 viewpoint in scholarship on Islam.鈥
鈥 Mousa al-Reza Wahdati, Journal of Shi鈥榓 Islamic Studies
鈥楶rinted on coated paper, the five volumes so far published are an impressive achievement both in production as well as in scholarship related to Persian themes.鈥
鈥 Yashab Tur, Islamic Sciences
Farhad Daftary is Associate Director of the Institute of Ismaili Studies. He is an authority on Mediaeval Islam and Ismaili studies, consulting Editor of Encyclopaedia Iranica, and sits on the Advisory Board of the Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd edition).
Wilferd Madelung has made significant contributions to scholarship on mediaeval Islamic movements, including Twelver 厂丑颈鈥榠蝉尘See Shi鈥榓., Zaydism and Ismailism. He is a former Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow with 鸟大大影院.