Reason and Inspiration in Islam
The essays collected here reflect the great esteem in which Professor Hermann Landolt, Professor Emeritus of Islamic Thought at the…
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On Logic
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…
Between Reason and Revelation
Ismaili Texts and Translations Series
This is the first English translation of the last known philosophical work of the great eleventh-century Ismaili thinker, poet, and…
On Geography
Epistles of the Brethren of Purity
The Ikhwān al-Ṣafā’ (Brethren of Purity), the anonymous adepts of a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad, hold…
Afsonahoi avrupoiyon
This is a Tajik translation of Farhad Daftary, The Assassin Legends.
Description from The Assassin Legends
Since the twelfth century…
Knowledge and Liberation
Nasir Khusraw was a leading Ismaili poet and theologian-philosopher of the Fatimid period whose writings have had a major formative…
Nosiri Khusrav
This is a Tajik translation of Alice C. Hunsberger, Nasir Khusraw, the Ruby of Badakhshan.
English-language synopsis
One of the…
Ismoiliyon
This is a Tajik translation of Farhad Daftary, The Ismāʿīlīs: Their History and Doctrines (2nd edn).
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Poeticheskii iazyk kak sredstvo propovedi
Translated Synopsis (originally in Russian)
This book explores the Nasir Khusraw’s poetry through a combination of literary and textual analysis,…
Salvation and Destiny in Islam
Shi‘i Heritage Series
Medieval Islamic philosophers were occupied with questions of cosmology, predestination and salvation and human responsibility for actions. For Ismailis, the…
Shinākht sharīʿat / شناخت شريعت
This is a Persian translation of Understanding Sharia: Islamic Law in a Globalised World. Description from Understanding Sharia
Sharia has…
Eagle’s Nest
Ismaili Heritage Series
Towering Castles and forbidding fortresses built in the remote mountain regions of Iran and Syria are all that remain of…
Za Predelami mecheti
This is a Russian translation of Rizvan Mawani, Beyond the Mosque.
Description from Beyond the Mosque
Mosques are the central…
On Music
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…
An Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries, Vol. I
Qur’anic Studies Series
This pioneering volume, the first in a series, presents a plurality of voices, methods and concerns in Qur’anic interpretation ranging…