The Ismaili Imams
A Biographical History
$151.35
- Hardcover
280 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2020
Summary
The Ismailis are the second-largest Shi‘i community in the world today, settled in over 25 countries across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and North America. They are the only Muslims to follow a living spiritual guide of their community, the Nizari Ismaili Imam.
This book is the first collection of biographies of all the Ismaili Imams, from the seminal Imams of early Shi‘i Islam, through to those of the first ‘period of concealment’ when their public identities remained hidden…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755617982 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0755617983 |
| Author: | Dr Farhad Daftary |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | I.B. Tauris |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 1.00kg |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 190mm x 248mm |
Dr Farhad Daftary
Farhad Daftary received his early education in Iran, Italy and England, and then undertook his university studies during 1958-1971 in the United States. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Subsequently, he held various academic and governmental posts in Iran, before in 1988 joining the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, where he is currently Director and Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications. Dr Daftary is a consulting editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica, co-editor (with W. Madelung) of the Encyclopaedia Islamica, as well as the general editor of the Ismaili Heritage Series, the Ismaili Texts and Translations Series and the Shi‘i Heritage Series. An authority on Ismaili studies, he has written and edited 20 books in this field, including The Isma‘ilis: Their History and Doctrines (1990; 2nd ed., 2007); The Assassin Legends (1994); A Short History of the Ismailis (1998); Ismaili Literature: A Bibliography of Sources and Studies (2004); A History of Shi‘i Islam (2013); and (with Z. Hirji), Islam: An Illustrated Journey (2018). He has also written more than 50 articles and book chapters and some 150 encyclopaedia entries. Dr Daftary’s books have been translated into Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Gujarati and numerous European languages.
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