Watch this video to follow the eventful journey of the firstÌýAga KhanÌýfrom Persia to the Indian Subcontinent. View maps of his travels, the different locations where he resided and his interactions with the various political authorities of the time.
Part of theÌýIsmaili Texts and Translations Series,ÌýThe First Aga Khan – Memoirs of the 46th Ismaili ImamÌýis the first English translation of the original Persian manuscript, theÌý±õ²ú°ù²¹³Ù-²¹´Ú³ú²¹Ìýwhich was composed in 1850. In addition to the English and Persian texts, the book provides a detailed contextual introduction, helping readers to engage more insightfully with the Imam’s testimony, told as part autobiography and part as his memoir.
“The Ibrat-afza is an important historical source that helps us to answer one of the critical questions in the study of Ismaili history, namely that of how the Nizari Imams, after existing in relative obscurity for centuries after the Mongol invasions, were able to once again obtain a position of prominence in the Muslim world and beyond in the 19th century.”ÌýDr Daniel Beben
“The book is narrated byÌýAga KhanÌýI as the speaker but the author is Waqar-i Shirazi, a prominent scholarly and literary figure of the early Qajar period.The authorship of the book is (thus) critical in the sense that it provides us with valuable information about the genre, style, the kind of poetry used and the role of dual identity andÌýtaqiyyaPrecautionary dissimulation of one’s religious beliefs, especially in time of persecution or danger, a practice especially adopted by the Shi’i Muslims.Ìýin the book.”ÌýDr Daryoush M. Poor
The book was published in honour of His Highness theÌýAga KhanÌýIV Diamond Jubilee.
ClickÌýhereÌýto learn more about the book.
Read the full story of the London book launch eventÌýhere.
Listen to Excerpts from the book read by Dr Daryoush M. Poor
