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Watch highlights and two of the keynote addresses delivered by eminent scholars in the field, Dr Farhad Daftary and Professor Gerhard Böwering, shed light on the Post-Mongol Shi'i Milieu in Iran and the Confluence of Mysticism and Messianism in...
Understanding Sharia: Islamic Law in a Globalised World , by Raficq S. Abdulla and Mohamed M. Keshavjee, is a new publication which describes how sharia developed in the context of Muslim history, with all the vicissitudes that any law is subject to...
Naguib Kheraj, IIS Board of Governor; Professor Deborah Johnston, Pro-Director Learning and Teaching, SOAS; Baroness Valerie Amos, Director, SOAS; Dr Farhad Daftary, Director, IIS. 
On 6 September 2018, the IIS hosted a celebratory event at the Aga Khan Centre to commemorate the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between SOAS University of London and The Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS). The Memorandum of Agreement is a...
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and His Highness the Aga Khan unveil a plaque to officially inaugurate the Aga Khan Centre
On 26 June, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales inaugurated the Aga Khan Centre in the presence of His Highness the Aga Khan . Among the guests were the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan and the Minister of State for the Commonwealth and United Nations...
The Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS) was established in 1977 with the objective of promoting scholarship and learning on Muslim cultures and societies, historical as well as contemporary, and encouraging a better understanding of their...
Now Available the latest publication in the Shii Heritage Series
This publication provides an analysis of Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani’s thought and sheds new light on the many layers of allusion which characterise his writings. Through a translation and analytical commentary of the eighth chapter of his Kitab al-...
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The Institute of Ismaili Studies was established in 1977 to promote scholarship of Muslim cultures and societies, historical as well as contemporary, leading to a better understanding of their relationship with other societies and faiths. 

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