Muhammad b. Zayn al-‘Abidin b. Karabala’i Dawud (b. ca. 1266/1850; d. 1342/1923), foremost Persian Nizari Ismaili author and poet of modern times, who is referred to as Haji Akhund in the Persian Nizari community. Feda’i was born in Dezbad/Dizbad or Dezbad-i Bala (Razmara,贵补谤丑补苍驳听IX, p. 180), an Ismaili village in the mountains between Mashhad and Nishapur in northern聽KhurasanThe northeastern region of early Islamic Persia, immediately south of Transoxania and west of Badakhshan. More.
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Dr Farhad Daftary
Co-Director and Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications
An authority in Shi’i studies, with special reference to its Ismaili tradition, Dr. Daftary has published and lectured widely in these fields of Islamic studies. In 2011 a Festschrift entitled聽Fortresses of the Intellect聽was produced to honour Dr. Daftary by a number of his colleagues and peers.
