Nosir-i Khusrav, Safarnoma
Translated description (original in Tajik)
The Safarnama, by celebrated Persian poet, philosopher and traveller Nasir-i Khusraw (1004–1088) is a unique…
‘3’
Nasir-i Khusrav, Razreshenie i spasenie
Description translated into English (original in Russian)
The treatise Gushahish wa Rahaish (Knowledge and Liberation) is one of the most…
A Code of Conduct
Ismaili Texts and Translations Series
The Risāla al-mūjāza al-kāfiya fī adab al-duʿāt (A Brief and Concise Treatise on the Code of Conduct for the Dāʿīs)…
V. A. Ivanov. Ocherki po istorii ismailizma
Description translated into English (original in Russian)
Ismaili Muslims, one of the largest Shia Muslim communities, have a long and…
Ittiʿāẓ al-ḥunafāʾ bi akhbār al-aʾimma al-khulafāʾ
Ismaili Texts and Translations Series
Ittiʿāẓ al-ḥunafāʾ bi-akhbār al-aʾimma al-khulafāʾ by the great Mamlūk-era Sunnī historian Taqī al-Dīn al-Maqrīzī (d. 845/1442) is perhaps the most…
Keys to the Arcana
Qur’anic Studies Series
This remarkable twelfth-century Qur’anic commentary by Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Shahrastānī is preserved in a single manuscript in Tehran and…
Shimmering Light
Poetry, often of great beauty and subtlety, has always been central to the spiritual life of Islam, particularly among Sufis…
The Book of Unveiling
Shi‘i Heritage Series
This book is also available OPEN ACCESS to download or read online for free.
The Kitāb al-Kashf is one of…
How to apply
The advert and job profile will set out the skills, experience and qualifications necessary for a successful application, including right to work in the UK for many roles.
Frequently asked questions
Privacy Policy
Interview with Dr Farhad Daftary on Encyclopedia Islamica
Dustūr al-munajjamīn
The Dustūr al-munajjimīn is one of the few surviving Ismaili books dating back to the period of Ḥasan-i Ṣabbāḥ, the…
On Composition and the Arts
Epistles of the Brethren of Purity
The Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (Brethren of Purity), the anonymous adepts of a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad, hold…
Avicenna’s Allegory on the Soul
Ismaili Texts and Translations Series
The Persian philosopher Ibn Sina (d. 1037), known in Europe as Avicenna, was arguably the greatest master of Aristotelian thought…