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A Short History of the Ismailis: Traditions of a Muslim ...
Farhad DaftaryDealing only with the most important historical developments, this is a comprehensive and accessible survey for all newcomers to the subject.
Historical Dictionary of the Ismailis
Farhad DaftaryIt also contains a chronology, genealogical tables, a glossary, and a substantial bibliography. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Ismailis."
The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Isma'ilis
Farhad DaftaryThis book also provides the first English translation of French orientalist Silvestre de Sacy's famous 19th-century "Memoire" on the Assassins.
The Shimmering Light: An Anthology of Isma'ili Poems
PreviewFirst, I would like to thank Dr. Aziz Esmail for the initial suggestion of this work, and Dr. Farhad Daftary for his encouragement and making available to me his research on Alamut and post- Alamut Ismaili poets. I am grateful for the editorial and ...
Geographies of Peace: New Approaches to Boundaries, ...
Farhad DaftaryThe present book draws on the scattered findings of modern scholarship in the field, attempting to explain the formative era of Shi'i Islam, when a multitude of Muslim groups and schools of thought were elaborating their doctrinal positions ...
Ismailis in Medieval Muslim Societies: A Historical ...
Farhad DaftaryDiscussing the different phases in Ismaili history, this book describes both the early Ismailis as well as the contributions of the later Ismailis to Islamic culture in medieval times.
A History of Shi'i Islam
Farhad DaftaryThe present book draws on the scattered findings of modern scholarship in the field, attempting to explain the formative era of Shi?i Islam, when a multitude of Muslim groups and schools of thought were elaborating their doctrinal positions ...
The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines
Farhad DaftaryFor all students of Islamic and Middle Eastern history this volume will serve as the most definitive account yet of the history of the Isma'ilis and their movement.
Ismaili Literature: A Bibliography of Sources and Studies
Farhad DaftaryIsmaili Literature contains a complete listing of the sources and secondary studies, including theses, written by Ismailis or about them in all major Islamic and European languages.
Class And Labor in Iran: Did the Revolution Matter?
Farhād NuʻmānīIn this pioneering work Farhad Nomani and Sohrab Behdad provide a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of change and class configuration in Iranian society.
Ismaili Literature: A Bibliography of Sources and Studies
Farhad DaftaryAssaad, Sadik A. [I.] The Reign of al-Hakim bi Amr Allah (386/996— 411/1021): A Political Study. Beirut: The Arab Institute for Research and Publishing, 1974. pp. 209. Assaad, Sadik Ismail. “Sayyidna Hamid ad-Din al-Kirmani”, in GIH, PP- 39— 40“Assassijnen”, in Grote Winkler Prins Encyclopedie. Amsterdam and Brussels: Elsevier, 1979, vol. 2, p. 552. “Assassin”, in The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 15th ed., Chicago, London, etc.: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2002, vol. 1, p. 640.
A Critical Introduction to Khomeini
PreviewSystems (with Farhad Nomani, 1994); and The Secular Miracle: Religion, Politics and Economic Policy in Iran (with Farhad Nomani, 1990). L. A. Reda received her PhD in Politics from SOAS, University of London. Reda has previously worked ...
Islamism and Modernism: The Changing Discourse in Iran
Farhang RajaeeRahnema, Ali, and Farhad Nomani. 1995. “Competing Shi ̔i Subsystems in Contemporary Iran.” In Iran after the Revolution: Crisis of an Islamic State, edited by Ali Rahnema and Farhad Nomani, 65–93. London: I. B. Tauris. Rajaee, Farhang.
A Social Revolution: Politics and the Welfare State in Iran
Kevan HarrisSohrab Behdad and Farhad Nomani, 1–37. London: Routledge. Behdad, Sohrab , and Farhad Nomani. 2009. “What a Revolution! Thirty Harris-SocialRevolution. indd 278 Harris-SocialRevolution.indd 278 20/04/17 6:12 PM 20/04/17 6:12 PM ...
Suicide Bombers: Allah's New Martyrs
Farhad KhosrokhavarWhat drives young men and women to become suicide bombers? This remarkable book, already a bestseller in Europe, provides some answers.
Muqarnas, Volume 25: Frontiers of Islamic Art and ...
PreviewAuthor's note: I wish to thank Sheila Canby, Michael Chagnon, Massumeh Farhad, Christoph B. Konrad, Jens Kröger, Alastair Northedge, Bernard O'Kane, and Mariam Rosser-Owen for their generous help with information and images. 1 .
Knowledges in Publics
PreviewWriters involved included Gautam Raja, Farhad Sorabjee and Paul Sirett. “The Invisible River” by Gautam Raja and “Crab Soup” by The Creative Arts were performed at the Lilian Baylis Theatre, both being followed by chaired discussions.
Songs of Wisdom and Circles of Dance: Hymns of the Satpanth ...
Tazim R. KassamAziz Esmail and Azim Nanji, "The Isma'llls in History," Ismaili Contributions to Islamic Culture, ed. S. H. Nasr (Tehran: Imperial Academy of Philosophy, 1977), 227-260. 10. Madelung, "Shiism," 243-247. 11. Daftary, The Ismd'ilis, 435ff. 12.
Revolutionary Horizons: Regional Foreign Policy in ...
John CalabreseFor a discussion of the economic policies of the first several years of the Revolution, see, for example, Ali Rahnema and Farhad Nomani, The Secular Miracle: Religion, Politics and Economic Policy in Iran (London: Zed Books, 1990 ) 235–49.
Policy That Works for Forests and People: Real Prospects for ...
Stephen BassThese teams comprised: Javed Ahmed and Fawad Mahmood in Pakistan; Colin Filer and Nikhil Sekhran in Papua New Guinea; Arvind Khare, Seema Bathla, S. Palit, Madhu Sarin, M. Satyanarayana, NC Saxena and Farhad Vania in India; ...
Dangerous Alliances: Civil Society, the Media and Democratic ...
Lise GaronThe Challenge of Post-Zionism Mariam Poya, Women, Work and Islamism: Ideology and Resistance in Iran Ali Rahnema (ed.), Pioneers of Islamic Revival Ali Rahnema and Farhad Nomani, The Secular Miracle: Religion, Politics and ...
Islam and the Everyday World: Public Policy Dilemmas
Preview8 The dilemma of ribafree banking in Islamic public policy Farhad Nomani Introduction Thejuridical meaning of riba (literally, an excessor increase) and itsapplication in interestfree Islamic banking have always been controversial in ...
Stability and Change in the Modern Middle East
Kjetil SelvikFarhad Nomani and Sohrab Behdad: Class and Labor in Iran: Did the Revolution Matter? Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2006, p. 127. 45. Bernard Hourcade: Iran. Nouvelles idendités d'une république. Paris: Editions Belin, 2002 , ...
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