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  • The Study of Shiʿi Islam presents papers originally delivered at the first international colloquium dedicated exclusively to Shiʿi studies, held in 2010 at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London.
  • A History of Shi’i Islam has recently become the focus of international attention in the context of various conflicts and crises afflicting the Middle East.
  • A Modern History of the Ismailis: Continuity and Change in a Muslim Community represents a first attempt into gaining a better understanding of the evolution of the Ismaili communities of various regions together with their heritage and literary traditions.
  • Living in Historic Cairo: Past and Present in an Islamic City – originally conceived as a companion to the homonym film – aims to capture the full story of the collaborative project in al-Darb al-Ahmar within the broader context of the history of the city of Cairo.
  • The Ismailis: An Illustrated History contains some 400 images of manuscripts, artefacts and monuments, community documents as well as important historical and contemporary photographs.
  • Ismailis in Medieval Muslim Societies deals with aspects of Ismaili history and thought in medieval times.
  •  Ismaili Literature: A Bibliography of Sources and Studies is the culmination of more than three decades of research and compilation undertaken by Dr Farhad Daftary, ever since he started his research on the history of the IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (d. 765), as his successor..
  • Culture and Memory in Medieval Islam: Essays in Honour of Wilferd Madelung honours Laudian Professor of Arabic (Emeritus) at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, Professor Wilferd Madelung, for his contributions to the fields of early and medieval Islamic history and thought.
  • Intellectual Traditions in Islam: Keynote Address at ‘Intellectual Traditions in Islam’ Seminar Aziz Esmail* University of Cambridge August 14, 1994
  • A Short History of the Ismailis: Traditions of a Muslim Community brings together the results of this scholarship on the highlights of Ismaili history and doctrines within the broader contexts of Ismaili history and Shi‘i thought.
  • Mediaeval Ismaili History and Thought
  • Mediaeval Ismaili History and Thought is a valuable collection of essays on Ismaili themes, focused on the mediaeval period.
  • The Isma‘ilis: Their History and Doctrines
  • The Isma‘ilis: Their History and Doctrines provides a coverage of nearly 1300 years of the history of the Ismailiyya in an abbreviated manner, presenting a synthesis and summary of the latest scholarship in the field.
  • The Ismaili Imams: A Biographical History is a highly illustrated book that presents for the first time the biographies of all the Ismaili imams, in a series of concise narratives recounting their lives and actions, and through them the Ismaili community’s history and heritage.

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