By Joseph A. Kechichian At the time of his death a few months ago, professor…
Category: Institute of Ismaili Studies
Product Description: Shi’ism is the second most numerous branch of Islam in the modern world,…
The IIS is pleased to announce the publication of Shi‘i Interpretations of Islam: Three Treatises…
At The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, on Friday 24 June 2011 A one-day workshop…
Nasir al-Din Tusi, Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Hasan, by far the most celebrated scholar of…
Product Description The Qur’an is the sacramental foundation of prayer in Islam. Its inspirational power…
Review “This is a fascinating and unrivaled account of transnational Isma’ilism. Steinberg admirably brings together…
In 483/1090, the Persian Ismailis under the leadership of Hasan Sabbah occupied the castle of…
Dr Suha Taji-Farouki Dr Basheer Nafi Introduction The question that perhaps poses itself at the…
Academic History Ph.D. Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development, OISE, CTL, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario,…
Fahmida is a curator responsible for the ethnographic collections from the Middle East and Central…
The celebrated 13th-century Persian scholar Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201-1274) was one of the most prominent…
Abstract For most of their history, the Ismailis have been studied almost exclusively on the…
Classical concepts of time confronted philosophers with perplexing paradoxes. Some wondered whether time altogether was…
Prof Oleg Grabar, one of the most prominent Islamic art historians and scholars of our…