Video 04 Sep 2023 Interview Ismaili-Sufi Interactions in Badakhshan Manuscripts This short film features Dr Orkhan Mir-Kasimov exploring Ni‘matullāhī works transmitted in Badakhshan Ismaili manuscripts which shed light on Ismaili-Sufi interactions.
Gallery 03 Aug 2023 Sites and Stories Al-Rabwa Inscription The only passageway to the west from Damascus, al-Rabwa gorge was a strategic corridor and focus for all who ruled over Damascus.
Gallery 29 Jun 2023 Sites and Stories Alamut Valley Stretching as it does from Garmarud in the east to the Shirkuh gorge in the west, the Valley of Alamut is bounded by mountain walls to the north, south, and east.
Gallery 31 May 2023 Sites and Stories Al-Naqah Mosque Located in a narrow alley near Fnideqah Square, Al-Naqah Mosque is considered the oldest surviving mosque in Tripoli, Libya. Local traditions associate the founding of the mosque with two different Muslim rulers across time.
Video 05 May 2023 Interview Ismailis in History and Myth This short film features IIS Director Emeritus Dr Farhad Daftary on the topic of myths perpetuated about Ismailis and how modern scholarship is able to challenge them due to manuscripts held in our collection.
Gallery 26 Apr 2023 Sites and Stories The Palace of Nations Overlooking Lake Geneva and with a clear view of the French Alps to the east, the Palace of Nations is located in Geneva, Switzerland. The building complex, home to the League of Nations and the headquarters of its proceedings, was designed and constructed in the ‘stripped classicism’ style and comprised a secretariat, library, assembly hall, and council chambers.
Video 14 Jul 2022 IHTLS Pre-Existence: a Myth and its Implications in Imami-Shiʿi Thought Explore the concept of pre-existence in Imami Shiʿi thought through multimedia resources. Delve into theological perspectives.
Video 09 Jun 2022 IHTLS A Fatimid Text on the Necessity of the Imamate: The Book of Interim Times and Planetary Conjunctions This lecture discusses the contents and context of The Book of Interim Times and Planetary Conjunctions as well as the state of current scholarship on it.
Video 28 Apr 2022 Soul's Imaginal Motion in Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani's Kitab al-Maqalid and Risalah al-Bahirah