Building for Tomorrow
Since its beginnings in 1977, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture has contributed enormously to the architecture profession in the…
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Luminous Witness: Fatimah al-Zahra in Indo-Persian Shi‘i Devotional Literature and Performance, Dr Karen Ruffle
Islam: An Illustrated Journey
Inspiring stories, lasting legacies: Laghle Zamrud
On this International Women’s Day, we present the inspiring story of Laghle Zamrud, the first female healthcare professional from the Chitral region of Pakistan.
Special Collections: Women Behind the Lens
Naureen Ali and Rehana Virani are part of the team behind IIS’s new video series: Islamic Heritage Past and Present
Madḥiya: How my School of Music and IIS’s Special Collections are Helping to Keep a Living Tradition Alive
Dr Otambek Mastibekov, Manuscript Researcher and Cataloguer in the Ismaili Special Collections Unit, set up Maktab-i Madḥiya-khānī in Tajikistan in 2011.
Celebrating Heritage: Count Manji Janmohamed and Heritage Materials
The Ismaili Special Collections Unit at IIS explores a lifetime of service through exclusive heritage materials donated by Mukhi Fatehali Count Manji Janmohamed.
Beyond the Mosque
World of Islam
Also available as an audiobook
Mosques are the central house of worship for a majority of Muslims around the world,…
Faith and Ethics
Shi‘i Ismaili Muslims are unique in following for centuries a living, hereditary Imam (spiritual leader), whom they believe to be…
Controversies in Formative Shiʿi Islam
Shi‘i Heritage Series
Among the various Muslim communities that were articulating their doctrinal positions in the early Islamic centuries, one in particular was…
Central Asian Ismailis
Ismaili Heritage Series
This book is also available OPEN ACCESS to download or read online for free.
The Ismaili Shi‘i Muslims of Central…
Fāṭmī silsila khilāfat 1
This is an Urdu translation of Shainool Jiwa, The Fatimids: 1. The Rise of a Muslim Empire.
Description from The…
The Spirituality of Shiʿi Islam
The second largest branch of Islam, with between 130 and 190 million adherents across the globe, Shi‘i Islam is becoming…
The Assassin Legends
Since the twelfth century fantastical tales of the Assassins, their mysterious leader and their remote mountain strongholds in Syria and…
Beauty and Islam
This illustrated volume explores aspects of aesthetics in classical Islamic thought set in the context of contemporary theories. Valérie Gonzalez…