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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.

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.