Swahili, from the Arabic word sawahil, meaning ‘of the coast.’ Islam came to Africa very…
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”In legend and in reality Samarqand is a source of inspiration to those who love…
The Hunza Valley in Northern Pakistan is located in one of the world’s highest mountain…
The origin of modern Ismaili Studies owes much to Russian-language scholars of the early decades…
Astrolabes are amongst the most sophisticated scientific instruments ever made. “The word astrolabe is a…
Calligraphy was considered the supreme art, the one valued most highly in Islamic culture. The…
Persian artists introduced a range of innovative ideas, both technical as well as artistic ……
Islamic art describes the art created specifically in the service of the faith such as…
The art of transcribing the Qur’an in beautiful hand was considered a form of devotion…
The forty-seventh Nizari Imam Aqa Ali Shah was born in 1830 in Mahallat (Persia). He…
After the fall of the Fatimid Empire in 1171, the seat of the Nizari Imamat…
In the tenth century, Ismaili Imams established a state in North Africa (from 909) and later…
After the fall of the Fatimid Empire in 1171, the seat of the Nizari Imamat…
The earliest examples of religious poetry in Islam are to be found in the verses…
Music had a high place in the cultures of pre-Islamic dynasties. Amongst the earliest historical…
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