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# The Institute of Ismaili Studies

## Sitemaps
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## News
- [New catalogue of Persian Ismaili manuscripts in IIS collection](https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2026/september/new-catalogue-of-ismaili-manuscripts/): Dr Karim Javan has published the first comprehensive catalogue of the 126 Persian manuscripts held at IIS. The volume opens centuries of Ismaili history, thought, and literature to new research.
- [STEP C-18 educational field trip to Andalusia](https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2026/september/step-c18-field-trip-andalusia/): Students from STEP C-18 visited Córdoba, Madinat al-Zahra, and Granada on a field trip to Andalusia. Four student teachers reflect on what the sites taught them and how the experience will shape their teaching.
- [Pandit Sandip Bhattacharjee at IIS](https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2026/september/pandit-sandip-bhattacharjee-at-iis/): Pandit Sandip Bhattacharjee, one of the leading vocalists of the Kirana gharana tradition, visited the Aga Khan Centre, performing ragas and reflecting on traditional musical apprenticeship.
- [Fatimid Cemetery to al-Azhar Park](https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2026/september/from-fatimid-cemetery-to-al-azhar-park/): Read the reflections of a GPISH alumnus on a Cairo site that held the tombs of the Fatimid Imam-caliphs, later became a market and a rubbish mound, and is now al-Azhar Park.
- [Alamut Castle on the UNESCO World Heritage List](https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2026/august/alamut-on-unesco-world-heritage-list/): UNESCO has inscribed Alamut Castle and six associated fortifications on the World Heritage List, recognising the centre of the Nizari Ismaili state as a place of scholarship as well as a stronghold.
- [Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholarships 2026 Awarded](https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2026/august/farhad-daftary-phd-scholarship-2026/): Two GPISH graduates, Hidoyatullo Shozodamamadov and Muhammad Ali Sohail, have received Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholarships 2026 for DPhil study at the University of Oxford.
- [IIS scholar publishes new book on the Tajiks of Xinjiang](https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2026/august/tajiks-xinjiang-legal-pluralism/): IIS Senior Research Associate Dr. Amier Saidula has published a new book on how the Tajiks of Xinjiang hold order and identity together through their own customs and the law of the Chinese state.
- [In Memoriam: Dr Jalal Badakhchani (1941–2026)](https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2026/august/in-memoriam-jalal-badakhchani/): Dr Jalal Badakhchani, the scholar of Persian Ismaili literature of the Alamut period, passed away in London on 11 August 2026, aged 85. He taught the Institute's first generation of students, and made the writings of Nasir al-Din Tusi legible to modern readers.
- [IIS scholar convenes conference on emotional flourishing](https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2026/august/iis-scholar-convenes-conference-on-emotional-flourishing/): Scholars of early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam gathered for a two-day conference convened by Dr Karen Bauer on emotional flourishing.
- [Professor Tashmin Khamis joins Academics Without Borders](https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2026/august/professor-tashmin-khamis-joins-awb/): Professor Tashmin Khamis, an IIS Board of Governors member, has joined the Board of Directors of Academics Without Borders (AWB).
- [Applications opening soon for the new three-year STEP](https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2026/july/new-three-year-step-applications-2027/): A new three-year Secondary Teacher Education Programme begins at IIS in September 2027, offering a fully funded route into teaching in Religious Education Centres worldwide. Applications opening soon.
- [Warsi Brothers celebrate Amir Khusrau’s musical legacy at the Aga Khan Centre](https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2026/july/in-praise-of-amir-khusrau/): IIS South Asian Studies Unit, with SAMA Arts Network and Indus Music, presented In Praise of Khusrau, an evening celebrating the poet and musician Amir Khusrau.

## Pages
- [Read & Reflect Series](https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications/read-reflect-series/)
- [Incidents of Harassment and Sexual Misconduct](https://www.iis.ac.uk/about-us/our-institution/governance/policies-and-documents/incidents-of-harassment-and-sexual-misconduct/)
- [Ismaili studies](https://www.iis.ac.uk/research/ismaili-studies/)
- [Strategic plan](https://www.iis.ac.uk/about-us/our-institution/strategic-plan/)
- [Children’s Series](https://www.iis.ac.uk/talim-curriculum/childrens-series/)
- [A Walk Down Memory Lane](https://www.iis.ac.uk/a-walk-down-memory-lane/)
- [Our Founder](https://www.iis.ac.uk/about-us/our-institution/our-founder/)
- [His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan V](https://www.iis.ac.uk/about-us/ismaili-imamat/his-highness-prince-rahim-aga-khan-v/)
- [Contact Us](https://www.iis.ac.uk/contact-us/)
- [Returns & Refunds](https://www.iis.ac.uk/help/returns-refunds/): This is a sample page.
- [Previous lectures](https://www.iis.ac.uk/research/arabic-and-islamic-history-lecture-series/previous-lectures/)
- [IIS Update Magazine](https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/update-magazine/)
- [Research](https://www.iis.ac.uk/research/ismaili-special-collections/oral-history-project/research/):    
- [Oral History Project](https://www.iis.ac.uk/research/ismaili-special-collections/oral-history-project/)
- [Aga Khan Library](https://www.iis.ac.uk/research/aga-khan-library/)
- [Glossary](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/)
- [World of Islam Audiobooks](https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications/world-of-islam-audiobooks/)
- [Arabic and Islamic History Lecture Series](https://www.iis.ac.uk/research/arabic-and-islamic-history-lecture-series/)
- [Previous lectures](https://www.iis.ac.uk/research/islamic-history-and-thought-lecture-series/previous-lectures/)
- [CASU members](https://www.iis.ac.uk/research/central-asian-studies/casu-members/)
- [Faith and Practice in Islamic Traditions](https://www.iis.ac.uk/talim-curriculum/secondary-curriculum/faith-and-practice-in-islamic-traditions/)
- [The Qur’an and Its Interpretations](https://www.iis.ac.uk/talim-curriculum/secondary-curriculum/the-quran-and-its-interpretations/)
- [Muslim Devotional and Ethical Literature](https://www.iis.ac.uk/talim-curriculum/secondary-curriculum/muslim-devotional-and-ethical-literature/)
- [Ethical Pathways to Human Development](https://www.iis.ac.uk/talim-curriculum/secondary-curriculum/ethical-pathways-to-human-development/)
- [Encounters in Muslim History](https://www.iis.ac.uk/talim-curriculum/secondary-curriculum/encounters-in-muslim-history/)
- [Muslim Societies and Civilisations](https://www.iis.ac.uk/talim-curriculum/secondary-curriculum/muslim-societies-and-civilisations/)
- [Reading lists](https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications/reading-guides-lists/reading-lists/)
- [Reading Guides & Lists](https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications/reading-guides-lists/)
- [Research](https://www.iis.ac.uk/research/central-asian-studies/research/)
- [Primary Six 11–12-year-olds](https://www.iis.ac.uk/talim-curriculum/primary-curriculum/primary-six/)
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- [Digital Curriculum](https://www.iis.ac.uk/talim-curriculum/iis-digital-curriculum/)
- [Secondary Curriculum](https://www.iis.ac.uk/talim-curriculum/secondary-curriculum/):    
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- [Pre-school Curriculum](https://www.iis.ac.uk/talim-curriculum/pre-school-curriculum/)
- [Talim Curriculum](https://www.iis.ac.uk/talim-curriculum/)
- [Ismaili Community](https://www.iis.ac.uk/about-us/ismaili-imamat/ismaili-community/)
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- [Partners](https://www.iis.ac.uk/about-us/partners/)
- [How To Apply](https://www.iis.ac.uk/about-us/careers/how-to-apply/)
- [Why work with us](https://www.iis.ac.uk/about-us/careers/why-work-with-us/)

## Events
- [God, the universe, and us](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/god-universe-and-us/): Professor Rumee Ahmed and Dr Wafi Momin discuss classical Islamic theology in this Islamic History and Thought Lecture Series (IHTLS) lecture.
- [Exhibition](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/fatimid-sicily-history-memory-legacy/exhibition/)
- [Towards a new global multilateralism](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/towards-new-global-multilateralism-lecture/): Dr Christophe Bernasconi, Secretary General of the HCCH, will deliver a lecture on inclusive multilateralism at the Aga Khan Centre, alongside the global launch of Contemporary Trends in Sharia.
- [Annual Graduate Conference 2026](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/annual-graduate-conference-2026/): Registration is open for the IIS Annual Graduate Conference 2026. Join emerging scholars exploring how Muslim lives are shaped by continuity and change.
- [Fatimid Sicily: History, Memory, and Legacy](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/fatimid-sicily-history-memory-legacy/): IIS will host a two-day conference on Fatimid rule in Sicily on Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 October 2026, examining its history, memory and legacy
- [History of Syriac Intellectuals in Abbasid Iraq](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/history-of-syriac-intellectuals-abbasid-iraq/): IIS will host an online IHTLS lecture on 7 October 2026, in which Dr Mara Nicosia will explore the education of Syriac Christian intellectuals in Abbasid Iraq and their role in translating Greek philosophy into Arabic.
- [MENACASEA 2026 Symposium](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/menacasea-2026-symposium/): Register for MENACASEA 2026, a hybrid symposium bringing together scholars, artists and practitioners to explore music, dance, performance and spirituality in Muslim contexts.
- [Emotional Flourishing Conference](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/emotional-flourishing-conference-2026/): Register for an international conference exploring emotional flourishing in early Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Hosted at the Aga Khan Centre, the event brings together leading scholars to examine historical perspectives on wellbeing, ethics and the good life.
- [Sonic Relations book talk](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/sonic-relations-book-talk/): The Institute of Ismaili Studies will host the launch of Sonic Relations, exploring how sound, devotion, and ritual shape communal life among Twelver Shi‘i communities across Turkey and connected regions.
- [Textual Foundations of Fatimid Law](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/textual-foundations-fatimid-law/): This IHTLS lecture explores how al-Qadi al-Numan shaped Fatimid legal thought by transforming early Shi'i textual traditions into a coherent legal system.
- [Digital Humanities conference 2026](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/digital-humanities-conference-2026/): A two-day IIS conference exploring how digital humanities and artificial intelligence are reshaping Islamic studies, with a focus on ethics, archives, and scholarly practice.
- [Hunza women documentary screening](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/capturing-womens-dreams-hunza-documentary/): A screening of Wood, Spice and Dough at the Aga Khan Centre explores the lives of three women in Hunza who reimagine their futures through creativity and determination, followed by a filmmaker conversation and audience discussion.
- [Practical Guide to Critical Religion](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/practical-guide-to-critical-religion/): Join an IIS scholar alongside leading academics for the launch of A Practical Guide to Critical Religion. Explore how critical approaches reshape our understanding of religion, with discussion and Q&A at the Aga Khan Centre and online.
- [Exhibitions](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/elemental-conference-2026/exhibitions/): Amanah by Shafina Jaffer and a photography display curated by Russell Harris explore elemental, spiritual, and ecological themes, extending the conference’s focus on human responsibility and the natural world.
- [Elemental: Ismaili Perspectives Conference 2026](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/elemental-conference-2026/): A two-day conference on 26–27 March 2026 exploring earth, water, air, fire and ether in Ismaili thought, philosophy and literature at the Aga Khan Centre and online.
- [Peter Sanders on Muslim Life in China](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/peter-sanders-muslim-in-china/): Peter Sanders presents his 2024 publication Heaven, Earth and the Ten Thousand Things: The Lives of the Muslims of China, reflecting on decades of engagement with Muslim communities across China through photography, text and calligraphy.
- [ʿAzīz Nasafī and Ismailism](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/aziz-nasafi-ismaili-cosmology-lecture/): Dr Mohammad Amin Mansouri will examine the thought of ʿAzīz Nasafī, a major Muslim intellectual of the Mongol period, and explore his conceptual affinities with Ismaili cosmology.
- [Ismailis of China: history, culture and tradition](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/ismailis-of-china-history-culture-and-tradition/): This hybrid lecture explores the social history and cultural life of the Ismaili Tajiks in Xinjiang. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and oral histories, Dr Amier Saidula examines how ritual practice, storytelling and vernacular knowledge sustain religious heritage and collective identity amid historical change.
- [Ghulāt and the Early Shiʿi Memory](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/ghulat-and-the-early-shii-memory/): In this lecture, Dr Dariouche Kechavarzi will examine the figure of the ghulāt and its role in shaping early Shiʿi memory and the construction of heresy and orthodoxy in Islam.
- [The Fatimids in Conversation: Power, Culture and Legacy](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/fatimids-power-culture-legacy/): A hybrid conversation exploring the power, culture, and enduring legacy of the Fatimid dynasty (909–1171), bringing together leading scholars to reflect on new research into one of the most influential periods of medieval Islamic history.
- [Rabbinic and Muslim narratives on the death of Moses](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/death-of-moses-jewish-muslim-narratives/): This public lecture explores how Jewish and Muslim traditions developed parallel narratives on the death of Moses across Rabbinic, Shi‘i, and Sunni sources.
- [Book launch in Honour of Professor Amir-Moezzi](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/book-launch-honouring-amir-moezzi/): The Institute of Ismaili Studies will host a hybrid book launch celebrating De la Lettre à l’Esprit / From the Letter to the Spirit, a two-volume Festschrift honouring the scholarship of Professor Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi.
- [Canticle of the Birds exhibition](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/canticle-of-the-birds-exhibition/): A mixed-media exhibition inspired by ʿAṭṭār’s The Conference of the Birds, exploring spiritual journey, transformation, and interconnectedness through art.
- [Fatimid succession to Imam al Mustansir](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/fatimid-succession-to-imam-al-mustansir/): Professor Paul E. Walker examines the disputed succession to Imam al-Mustansir and introduces an overlooked historical source that reshapes the debate.
- [Ismailis and Empire](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/ismailis-and-empire-conference/): This conference seeks to explore Ismaili Muslim communities – in their regional, political, and cultural diversity – since the nineteenth century, focusing on their experiences under modern empires and in the post-colonial world.
- [Voice of the Indo-African Diaspora in Colonial Africa](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/voice-of-the-indo-african-diaspora-in-colonial-africa/): In this discussion, we gain an insight into how the social, political, cultural, and economic activities of Indians in Africa were covered in the 20th century–told through the voices behind Africa Samachaar, a periodical that championed a voiceless minority during colonial rule.
- [Reform of Uṣūl al-Fiqh and Marriage](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/reform-of-usul-al-fiqh-and-marriage/): Nevin Reda takes the conversation on gender justice deep into the realm of uṣūl al-fiqh (ethical–legal theory).
- [Sculpting the Self](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/sculpting-the-self/): Associate Professor Muhammad U. Faruque explores what it means to be human in this Islamic History and Thought lecture
- [Imagined Futures: Thought, Art and Ethics in Muslim Societies](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/imagined-futures-thought-art-and-ethics-in-muslim-societies/): The third annual IIS/AKU-ISMC Graduate Conference takes place on 26 September, and is now open for registration. The conference showcases student-led research at The Institute of Ismaili Studies and the Aga Khan University – Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations.
- [Muslim Expressions from South Asia](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/muslim-expressions-from-south-asia/): This exhibition highlights the contributions of South Asian Ismailis through the lens of manuscripts, artefacts and photographs from the Institute of Ismaili Studies, showcasing how they have upheld values of intellectual inquiry, community development and voluntary service across centuries.
- [Merchant Ivory screening and book launch](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/merchant-ivory/): Join the IIS and the South Asian Cinema Foundation for a screening of Merchant Ivory Film Wallahs, accompanied by its book launch and the display of rare artefacts.
- [Dissolving into Being](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/dissolving-into-being/): Professor Dickson highlights Ibn ʿArabi insights on the origin of the world, the reality of love, the nature of life after death, and more.
- [Behind the Veil of the Night](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/behind-the-veil-of-the-night/): Dunja Rašić PhD explores Ibn ʿArabī’s notions of the night serving as the source of knowledge, power, and protection.
- [The Pious Labour of a Muslim Master Mason](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/the-pious-labour-of-a-muslim-master-mason/): Join Assistant Professor Amanda Lanzillo as she explores the relationships between Islam and craft labour in late nineteenth-century north India.
- [Echoes of Devotion](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/echoes-of-devotion/): Explore one of the most enchanting, soulful, and transcendent art forms in the world — Qawwali — with SAMA Arts Network.
- [But none sought out my secrets from inside](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/ihtls-but-none-sought-out-my-secrets/): In this talk, Professor Mojaddedi examines Rumi's writings both to situate him within the Sufi tradition and to highlight what that implies about the wider Islamic context which has too often been underappreciated.
- [The abolition of the Ottoman caliphate in 1924](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/the-abolition-of-the-ottoman-caliphate-in-1924-debates-controversies-and-implications/): Elisa Giunchi and Nicola Melis address some of the controversies preceding and following the decision to abolish the Ottoman caliphate in 1924, its perception, and wider implications.
- [The multiple dimensions of feminist muslim women’s approaches to the Qur’an](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/the-multiple-dimensions-of-feminist-muslim-womens-approaches-to-the-quran/): This presentation will tackle a gender-sensitive perspective using a holistic and multi-dimensional approach to the Qur'anic vision and discourse, focusing on justice, equity, and beauty.
- [IIS Graduation 2025](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/iis-graduation-2025/): Celebrate with us via livestream, starting at 14.00 BST on 5 April 2025.
- [‘The Professional’ screening and discussion](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/the-professional-screening-and-discussion/): Join filmmaker Masoud Taheri and IIS scholars for a screening of the film ‘The Professional’ and a discussion on the life and work of Professor Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi.
- [Ismailis in Iran book launch](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/ismailis-in-iran-book-launch/): Join author Shayesteh Ghofrani at the Ismaili Centre London on 23 April 2025, as she shares her experiences and her research that led to this exciting new book.
- [Reconsidering verses on women in the Qur’an](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/soas-women-in-the-quran/): Dr Karen Bauer and Professor Feras Hamza will be presenting their two recent publications at DLT in the SOAS Main Building on 10 April.
- [Religion That Matters](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/religion-that-matters/): In this presentation, Fouad Gehad Marei, co-editor of Religion That Matters: Shiʿi Materiality Beyond Karbala (Brill, 2024) will introduce and discuss the recently published edited volume.
- [Devotion to the Prophet’s Family](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/devotion-to-the-prophets-family/): The IIS will host a conference on the theme of devotional practices on 20-22 May 2025 at the Aga Khan Centre and online via Zoom.
- [Conceptual Photography and the Craft of Reading Islamic Historical Texts](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/conceptual-photography/): Dr Shahzad Bashir explores anamorphism in concept-driven photography and its impact on perceptions of history.
- [Muslim Sicily: Encounters and Legacy](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/muslim-sicily-encounters-and-legacy/): Join Dr Nuha Alshaar, Dr Shainool Jiwa, and Dr Delia Cortese as they discuss the history and legacy of the Muslims including the Fatimids and their Stalwarts the Kalbids in Sicily on 9 April at 17.00 GMT.
- [Articulating Authority in a Shiʿa Ismaili Community](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/articulating-authority/): Vineet Gupta explores historical junctures where modernity has transformed the virtues of authority among the Da’udi Bohras. This online lecture will take place on 20 March 2025.
- [Issues in Theology and Ethics](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/issues-in-theology-and-ethics/): Mariam al-Attar explores the implicit ontological and epistemological assumptions in jurisprudential discourse in the next Arabic and Islamic History Lecture.
- [“Osimi” screening](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/osimi-screening/): The IIS and Mosaic Global Foundation will host an exclusive showing of Osimi (2018) at the Aga Khan Centre on 17 February.
- [“Songs of the Sufi” screening](https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/songs-of-the-sufi-screening/): The Aga Khan Centre will host an exclusive showing of Songs of the Sufi (2023) on 20 February.

## Study
- [GPISH Alumni](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/gpish-admissions/gpish-alumni-2/): IIS Alumni supported in their continuing professional and career development through the IIS’ Alumni Relations Unit.
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- [Aims of the programme](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/short-courses/exploring-ismaili-history/aims-of-the-programme/)
- [GPISH Alumni](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/gpish-admissions/gpish-alumni/): IIS Alumni supported in their continuing professional and career development through the IIS’ Alumni Relations Unit.
- [Career and progression](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/gpish-admissions/career-and-progression/): Student employability is supported by the Institute beyond the time students spend in London.
- [Selection](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/gpish-admissions/entry-requirements/selection/): We welcome high-achieving applicants from all academic backgrounds; prior study of Islam or the humanities is not a prerequisite for gaining admission.
- [How to apply](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/gpish-admissions/entry-requirements/how-to-apply/): Learn how to apply for the Graduate Programme in Islamic Studies and Humanities at IIS. Explore the application process, key deadlines, and requirements.
- [Frequently asked questions](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/gpish-admissions/frequently-asked-questions/)
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- [STEP Admissions](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/step-admissions/)
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- [Teaching and Learning](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/graduate-studies/step/teaching-learning/)
- [Programme Structure](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/graduate-studies/step/programme-structure/)
- [Secondary Teacher Education Programme](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/graduate-studies/step/): STEP aims to produce professional secondary level teachers. It combines strong academic preparation with practice-based teacher training, in an intimate and welcoming learning environment.
- [Entry requirements](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/gpish-admissions/entry-requirements/)
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- [Aims & Learning Outcomes](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/graduate-studies/gpish/aims-learning-outcomes/)
- [Programme Structure](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/graduate-studies/gpish/programme-structure/)
- [Graduate Programme in Islamic Studies and Humanities](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/graduate-studies/gpish/): The MA in Islamic Studies and Humanities trains students to use the intellectual tools of the humanities and social sciences and to explore perspectives which relate religious ideas to broader dimensions of society and culture.
- [Graduate Studies](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/graduate-studies/)
- [Exploring Ismaili History](https://www.iis.ac.uk/study/short-courses/exploring-ismaili-history/): This field-based course offers a unique opportunity to learn about Fatimid history, culture and architectural heritage, as well as experience some of the major developments shaping present-day Tunisia.
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- [Contemporary Trends in Sharia](https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications-listing/contemporary-trends-in-sharia/)
- [A Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts Housed at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, Vol. 1](https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications-listing/a-catalogue-of-persian-manuscripts-housed-at-the-institute-of-ismaili-studies-vol-1/)
- [On Magic, Part II](https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications-listing/on-magic-part-ii/)
- [Zindigī-nāmah-yi khudniwisht-i Shīrāzī](https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications-listing/zindigi-namah-yi-khudniwisht-i-shirazi/)
- [The Comprehensive Epistle, Vol. I](https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications-listing/the-comprehensive-epistle-vol-i/)
- [Pūshāk dar dawrah-yi Fāṭimiyān](https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications-listing/pushak-dar-dawrah-yi-fa%e1%b9%adimiyan/)
- [Living Islam](https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications-listing/living-islam/)
- [Ismāʿīliyān-i Īrān](https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications-listing/ismailiyan-i-iran/)
- [Fatimid Cosmopolitanism](https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications-listing/fatimid-cosmopolitanism/)
- [Encyclopaedia Islamica, Volume 8](https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications-listing/encyclopaedia-islamica-volume-8/)
- [Kulliyyāt-i Mīrzā Ḥusayn b. Yaʿqūb Shāh Patrawī](https://www.iis.ac.uk/publications-listing/kulliyyat-i-mirza-husayn-b-yaqub-shah-patrawi/)

## Timeline Items

## Multimedia
- [How historians reconstruct and understand the past](https://www.iis.ac.uk/multimedia/how-historians-reconstruct-past/): Dr Hasan Al-Khoee explains the difference between the past and history, and how historians use fragments of surviving evidence, such as early Islamic texts, to understand what happened.
- [Sites and Studies 4](https://www.iis.ac.uk/multimedia/guides-to-syrian-heritage/): The three studies below span (1) an impressive database dedicated to Cairo, (2) the archaeology and history of the city of Surt in Libya, and (3) 'stepping place' shrines across Turkic and Indo-Persian regions linked to the Prophet Muhammad, the first Shiʿi Imam Ali, and their descendants.
- [Sites and Studies 3](https://www.iis.ac.uk/multimedia/cairo-architecture-history-and-heritage/): This set of studies begins with (1) a hyperlocal focus on Historic Cairo's Khalifa District, before (2) zooming out to a comparison between Cairene and Damascene ritual practices in commemorating Imam Husayn, and then (3) finishing with an Egyptian website compiling and highlighting multiple aspects of Egyptian architecture, past and present.
- [Sites and Studies 2](https://www.iis.ac.uk/multimedia/light-in-objects-spaces-and-watery-landscapes/): With the promise of the blazing summer sun almost palpably upon many of us, read up on some ways light impacts the study of heritage, ranging from (1) the evolution of mosque lamps, and (2) the ‘daylighting’ of water, to (3) the representation and manifestation of light in a variety of sacred spaces across religious traditions.
- [Sites and Studies 1](https://www.iis.ac.uk/multimedia/preserving-and-constructing-historical-memory/): The three studies below span (1) an impressive database dedicated to Cairo, (2) the archaeology and history of the city of Surt in Libya, and (3) 'stepping place' shrines across Turkic and Indo-Persian regions linked to the Prophet Muhammad, the first Shiʿi Imam Ali, and their descendants. Altogether, they illustrate the different ways in which the historical memory of Muslims in different cultures, contexts, and times can be understood and preserved.
- [Elemental conference recordings](https://www.iis.ac.uk/multimedia/elemental-conference-2026-recording/): Watch recordings of Ismaili perspectives on the elements from Elemental, the two-day IIS conference on earth, water, air, fire and ether. Keynotes, panels and case studies are available online.
- [Voices of IIS with Dr Gurdofarid Miskinzoda](https://www.iis.ac.uk/multimedia/voices-of-iis-gurdofarid-miskinzoda/): Dr Gurdofarid Miskinzoda reflects on her journey from a village in Tajikistan to IIS, the place of Shiʿi studies in the field, and why her scholarship and life cannot be separated.
- [Textual foundations of Fatimid law](https://www.iis.ac.uk/multimedia/foundations-of-fatimid-law-recording/): Watch the recording as Dr Kumail Rajani examines the textual sources behind al-Qadi al-Numan's Fatimid law writings. He traces links from Kitab al-Idah to the Daaim al-Islam.
- [Contemporary Trends in Sharia virtual launch](https://www.iis.ac.uk/multimedia/contemporary-trends-in-sharia-virtual-launch/): Watch the virtual launch of Contemporary Trends in Sharia, where Dr Fatima Dhanani discusses the book chapter by chapter with authors Dr Hadi Enayat and Dr Mohamed Keshavjee.
- [Voices of IIS with Qudsia Shah](https://www.iis.ac.uk/multimedia/voices-of-iis-with-qudsia-shah/): Qudsia Shah reflects on her journey from development work in Pakistan to constituency studies at IIS, her research on climate change in Gilgit-Baltistan, and the connections that have shaped her career.
- [The King and the Mouse](https://www.iis.ac.uk/multimedia/the-king-and-the-mouse/): Ziyana Govindji reads The King and the Mouse, a fable from Kalila wa Dimna adapted by Professor Zayn Kassam. A trapped flock, a loyal mouse, and a king who puts his people first.
- [Book Launch of A Practical Guide to Critical Religion](https://www.iis.ac.uk/multimedia/critical-religion-book-launch-panel/): Watch the recording of the recent book launch of A Practical Guide to Critical Religion, where leading scholars discuss how religion is defined, classified and contested.

## Scholarly contributions
- [Celebrating Heritage: Count Manji Janmohamed and Heritage Materials](https://www.iis.ac.uk/scholarly-contributions/celebrating-heritage-count-manji-janmohamed-and-heritage-materials/)
- [Biomedical Ethics among Muslims](https://www.iis.ac.uk/scholarly-contributions/biomedical-ethics-among-muslims/)
- [Spotlighting women scholars in Ismaili studies](https://www.iis.ac.uk/scholarly-contributions/spotlighting-women-scholars-in-ismaili-studies/)
- [Women Who Have Impacted Ismaili History](https://www.iis.ac.uk/scholarly-contributions/women-in-ismaili-history/)
- [Nizari Ismailis: History, Geography, and Beliefs](https://www.iis.ac.uk/scholarly-contributions/nizari-ismailis-history-geography-and-beliefs/): Nizārī Ismailis belong to a branch of Shiʿi Islam who believe in the continuity of the succession to the Prophet Muhammad through, Ismāʿīl, the second eldest son of Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (d. 765).
- [The Ismaili da’wa Outside the Fatimid dawla](https://www.iis.ac.uk/scholarly-contributions/the-ismaili-dawa-outside-the-fatimid-dawla/)
- [Muslim, Jews and Christians – relations and interactions](https://www.iis.ac.uk/scholarly-contributions/muslim-jews-and-christians-relations-and-interactions/)
- [Muslim Philosophy and the Sciences](https://www.iis.ac.uk/scholarly-contributions/muslim-philosophy-and-the-sciences/)
- [Muslim Literatures in South Asia](https://www.iis.ac.uk/scholarly-contributions/muslim-literatures-in-south-asia/)

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## Glossary Terms
- [His Highness Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/his-highness-prince-rahim-al-hussaini-aga-khan-v/): The 50th imam of the Nizari Ismailis, His Highness Prince Rahim al-Husayni, who succeeded his father, His Late Highness Prince Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV on 4th February 2025.
- [Ziyarids](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/ziyarids/): A Muslim dynasty which ruled northern Persia (927–1090 CE).
- [Zurayids](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/zurayids/): An Ismaili dynasty that ruled in Yemen (1083–1173).
- [ẓuhūr](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/%e1%ba%93uhur/): Manifestation. In Shi‘i Islam, the term can refer to the manifestation of the Imam after a period of concealment.
- [Zirid](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/zirid/): Muslim dynasty that ruled in North Africa (972–1148).
- [Zaydis/Zaydiyya](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/zaydis-zaydiyya/): Third major branch of Shi'i Islam, after the Ithna'ashari and the Ismailis. The Zaydis are named after Zayd, a grandson of Imam usayn b. ʿAlī and brother of Imam Muḥammad al-Bāqir, whom they followed as Imam.
- [Zanata](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/zanata/): A confederation of Berber tribes in North Africa who were, in general, opposed to the Fatimids.
- [wujūd](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/wujud/): A metaphysical term meaning 'existence', employed by philosophically-inclined thinkers such as al-Fārābī (d. ca. 950), Ibn Rushd (d. 1198), al-Suhrawardī and Mullā Ṣadrā (d. 1050/1640). According to Ibn Sina (d. 1037), God is the wājib al-wujud ('the necessary existent' or 'the one whose essence is to exist'). Sufis use the term wujūd in different ways. Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 638/1240) is regarded as the father of the concept of waḥdat al-wujūd (the unity of being).
- [zāwiya/zāwiyah](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/zawiya-zawiyah/): (pl. zawāyā) from Arabic, lit. ‘a corner’. It is a Sufi place of worship which might also coincide with a mausoleum of a saint or the founder of a specific ṭarīqa. The term zāwiya can also refer to a corner of a mosque where an aspirant would isolate himself and recite dhikr.
- [Zanj](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/zanj/): African slaves who carried out a series of revolts against the Abbasids in Iraq in the second half of the 9th century CE.
- [Zands](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/zands/): A local Iranian dynasty (1751–1794 CE), founded by Karīm Khān Zand who ruled over Isfahan in 1751 CE, and briefly had Shiraz (in present-day Iran) as his capital. By 1763 CE, Karīm Khān conquered all of what is present-day Iran, except for the state of Khurasan. He Khan advocated a Shi‘i tradition in the area, and had taken the title Wakīl (viceroy) of the people. The dynasty ended with the death of Luṭf ʿAlī Khān, a grandnephew of Karīm Khān, who was captured and killed by the founder of the Qajar dynasty, Āghā Muḥammad Khān. Despite the short reign of this dynasty, the art of this era is noteworthy and many Qajar artistic features can be traced back to Zand art.
- [zakāt](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/zakat/): Obligatory alms for Muslims.
- [ẓāhir](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/%e1%ba%93ahir/): The outward, apparent or exoteric meaning of a sacred text, ritual or religious prescriptions, from which the bāṭin is educed.
- [Yu‘firids](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/yufirids/): A Muslim dynasty that ruled Yemen (847–997 CE) and were succeeded by the Fatimids.
- [Yad](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/yad/): See naqīb.
- [wilāya](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/wilaya/): Authority. In Shi‘i Islam, this refers to the authority that the Imam has over his believers.
- [walī](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/wali/): Saint, friend of God, or patron. In a political context the terms can also mean administrator or ruler (pl. awliyāʾ).
- [walāya](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/walaya/): Friendship or assistance. In Sufism the term is used for qualities that can be translated roughly as ‘sainthood’; in Islam, it is used specifically for devotion to theImam (see wilāya).
- [vizier](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/vizier/): A high officer of state, equivalent of a chief minister.
- [Uyunids](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/uyunids/): Muslim dynasty that ruled in eastern Arabia in the late 11th and early 12th centuries.
- [ʿuyūn](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/%ca%bfuyun/): Pl. of ʿayn, meaning 'eye'; 'source' or 'fountainhead.'
- [Uqaylids](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/uqaylids/): Muslim dynasty that ruled in Iraq and Syria (992-1096).
- [ummat al-Muslimīn](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/ummat-al-muslimin/): See umma.
- [ummah](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/ummah/): Community; people who are followers of a particular religion or prophet. It refers in particular to the Muslims as a religious community.
- [Umayyads](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/umayyads/): First major ruling Muslim dynasty that was based in Damascus (661-750).
- [ʿulamāʾ](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/%ca%bfulama%ca%be/): Pl. of ʿālim , meaning a religious scholar or learned man.
- [taʿṭīl](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/ta%ca%bf%e1%b9%adil/): Lit. 'stripping' or 'denudation.' A term used mainly by Ashʿari theologians from the 9th century onwards in criticism, especially, of the Mu'tazila and also the falāsifa whom they accused of emptying the idea of God of any meaning by divesting Him of all attributes, especially those of power, knowledge and speech.
- [taṣawwuf](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/ta%e1%b9%a3awwuf/): Arabic term for Sufism.
- [tanāsukh al-arwāḥ](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/tanasukh-al-arwa%e1%b8%a5/): The doctrine of metempsychosis, reincarnation or transmigration of the soul.
- [Twelvers](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/twelvers/): See Ithna'asharis.
- [Transoxania](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/transoxania/): The region between the Oxus and the Jaxartes Rivers situated in the present-day Republic of Uzbekistan.
- [Timurids](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/timurids/): A Muslim dynasty founded by Timur Lang (Tamerlane) which ruled Persia and Transoxiana (1370–1507 CE).
- [Thatta](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/thatta/): A city in Sind which was the capital of the of Sumra Ismaili dynasty.
- [Tha’aliba](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/thaaliba/): One of the sub-sects of the Ajarida branch of the Kharijites.
- [Tayyibis/Tayyibiya](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/tayyibis-tayyibiya/): A branch of the Shi‘a Musta‘li Ismailis with several subdivisions.
- [taʾwīl-i bāṭin](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/ta%ca%bewil-i-ba%e1%b9%adin/): The esoteric interpretation of a religious text, ritual or prescription. See bāṭinī taʾwīl.
- [taʾwīl](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/ta%ca%bewil/): The elucidation of the inner or esoteric meaning, bāṭin , from the literal wording or apparent meaning of a text, ritual or religious prescription.
- [tawḥīd](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/taw%e1%b8%a5id/): The Oneness of God or belief in Divine Unity, one of the fundamental tenets of Islam.
- [tashbīh](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/tashbih/): Lit. 'comparison,' hence, anthropomorphism. A term used by classical theologians to accuse those who described God by analogy with man's physical existence, and who understood in a literal way Qur'anic expressions such as 'the hand of God' (Q. 57:29, etc.), God's sitting on the throne (Q 10:3, etc.) and so on.
- [tashahhud](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/tashahhud/): Lit. 'testimony.' The recitation of the shahāda, a formal declaration of the Muslim faith, normally recited during the ritual prayers.
- [Tarum](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/tarum/): A region of Persia along the middle course of the river Safidrud before its confluence with the river Shahrud.
- [ṭarīqa/ṭarīqat/ṭariqah](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/%e1%b9%adariqa-%e1%b9%adariqat-%e1%b9%adariqah/): Way or path; the path followed by mystical schools of interpretation in Islam.
- [taqwā](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/taqwa/): Piety, the quality of being God-fearing.
- [taqiyya](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/taqiyya/): Precautionary dissimulation of one's religious beliefs, especially in time of persecution or danger, a practice especially adopted by the Shi'i Muslims.
- [tanzīl](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/tanzil/): Lit. 'sending down.' A Qur'anic term (Q. 3:22, etc.). It refers to the revelation of 'the Book' as transmitted by the Prophets.
- [tamām](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/tamam/): Arabic word which may be translated as 'complete' or 'perfect.'
- [takbīr](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/takbir/): Praise or glorification of God (as in Q. 74:3, etc.). The declaration of the formula Allāhu Akbar (God is Most Great).
- [Tahirids](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/tahirids/): A Muslim dynasty which ruled Yemen (145401501517); the same name is also applied to unrelated minor dynasties of rulers in Spain, Khurasan and Iraq.
- [al-tafwīḍ](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/al-tafwi%e1%b8%8d/): Freewill, opposite of al-jabr.
- [tadhkira](https://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary/tadhkira/): A memoir; a genre of Arabic and Persian literature pertaining to the lives of poets, saints and learned people.

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