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This short film features Dr Gurdofarid Miskinzoda exploring a compendium of supplications is known as al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya, attributed to Shi‘i Imam ‘Alī ibn Ḥusayn Zayn al-‘Abidīn.

Established in 1922 in the old part of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, Town Jamatkhana was the city's first jamatkhana.

The Pearl Mosque is a small mosque located on Muqattam Hill. It was constructed between 1015-1016 during the reign of the sixth Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismaili Imam, Abu ʿAli al-Mansur al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r. 996-1021).

The Ismaili Centres are symbolic markers of the permanent presence and core values of Ismaili communities around the world.

This short film features Dr Orkhan Mir-Kasimov exploring Ni‘matullāhī works transmitted in Badakhshan Ismaili manuscripts which shed light on Ismaili-Sufi interactions.

The only passageway to the west from Damascus, al-Rabwa gorge was a strategic corridor and focus for all who ruled over Damascus.

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.

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.

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.