Dedicated to the achievements of Farhad Daftary, the foremost authority in Ismaili Studies of our time, this volume gathers together a number of studies on intellectual and political history, particularly in the three main areas where the significance of Daftarys scholarship has had the largest impact Ismaili Studies as well as Persian Studies and Shii Studies in a wider context. It focuses, but not exclusively, on the intellectual production of the IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Ja尪far al-廜〢diq (d. 765), as his successor. and their role in history, with discussions ranging from some of the earliest Ismaili texts, to thinkers from the Fatimid and the AlamutFortress of the Nizari Ismailis in northern Iran, which fell to the Mongols in 654 AH/1256 CE. periods as well as relations of the FatimidsMajor Muslim dynasty of Ismaili caliphs in North Africa (from 909) and later in Egypt (9731171) More with other dynasties. Containing essays from some of the most respected scholars in Ismaili, Shii and Persian Studies (including Patricia Crone, M. A. Amir-Moezzi, C. Edmund Bosworth and Robert Gleave), the book makes a significant contribution to wider scholarship in philosophical theology and medieval Islam. The contributors include: I. Afshar, H. Algar, M. A. Amir-Moezzi, S. J. Badakhchani, C. Baffioni, C. E. Bosworth, D. Cortese, P. Crone, D. De Smet, R. Gleave, H. Haji, I. Hajnal, A. H. Hamdani, C. Hillenbrand, A. C. Hunsberger, H. Landolt, L. Lewisohn, W. Madelung, A. Nanji, A. J. Newman, I. K. Poonawala and P. E. Walker.
Foreword, Azim Nanji
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
1. Introduction: A Biographical Sketch
Omar Al穩-de-Unzaga
2. Bibliography of the Works of Farhad Daftary
3. Persian, the Other Sacred Language of Islam: Some Brief Notes
Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
4. Sunni Claims to Imam Ja尪far al-廜〢diq
Hamid Algar
5. The Kitb al-Rus贖m wal-izdiwj wal-tart蘋b Attributed to 尪Abdn (d. 286/899): Edition of the Arabic Text and Translation
Wilferd Madelung and Paul E. Walker
6. Ab贖 Tammm on the Mubayyi廎a
Patricia Crone
7. The Ikhwn al-廜糎f尨From Arabic, lit. Brethren of Purity, a group of learned scholars who were based in Basra and Baghdad around the last quarter of the t10th century CE. It is more…: Between al-Kind蘋 and al-Frb蘋
Abbas Hamdani
8. 梆莉餃櫻尪, Divine Imperative and Prophecy in the Ras尨il Ikhwn al-廜糎f尨
Carmela Baffioni
9. Some Aspects of the External Relations of the Qarmi廜苔 in Ba廎叵ayn
Istv獺n Hajnal
10. A Distinguished Slav Eunuch of the Early Fatimid Period: al-Ustdh Jawdhar
Hamid Haji
11. Al-Q廎蘋 al-Nu尪mn and his Refutation of Ibn Qutayba
Ismail K. Poonawala
12. The Risla al-Mudhhiba Attributed to al-Q廎蘋 al-Nu尪mn: Important Evidence for the Adoption of Neoplatonism by Fatimid Ismailism at the Time of al-Mu尪izz?
Daniel De Smet
13. Cosmos into Verse: Two Examples of Islamic Philosophical Poetry in Persian
Alice C. Hunsberger
14. Early Evidence for the Reception of N廜ξr-i Khusraws Poetry in Sufism: 尪Ayn al-Qu廎ts Letter on the Ta尪l蘋m蘋s
Hermann Landolt
15. A Dream Come True: Empowerment Through Dreams Reflecting FatimidSulayhid Relations
Delia Cortese
16. From the Moses of Reason to the Khi廎r of the Resurrection: The Oxymoronic Transcendent in Shahrastn蘋s Majlis-i makt贖b圬ar Khwrazm
Leonard Lewisohn
17. Poems of the Resurrection: 廎兀san-i Ma廎叮贖d-i Ktib and his D蘋wn-i Q尨imiyy
S. Jalal Badakhchani
18. Further Notes on the Turkish Names in Abul-Fa廎l Bayhaq蘋s Tr蘋kh-i Mas尪贖d蘋
C. Edmund Bosworth
19. A Book List from a Seventh/Thirteenth-Century Manuscript Found in Bmyn
Iraj Afshar
20. Whats in a Name? Tughtegin the Minister of the Antichrist?
Carole Hillenbrand
21. SafavidsA major Shi’i dynasty which ruled Persia (1501-1732 CE), and was succeeded by the Afsharids. (See also Qizilbash, Safawiyya.) and Subalterns: The Reclaiming of Voices
Andrew J. Newman
22. Compromise and Conciliation in the Akhbr蘋U廜贖l蘋 Dispute: Y贖suf al-Ba廎叵n蘋s Assessment of 尪Abd Allh al-Samh蘋j蘋s Munyat al-Mumris蘋n
Robert Gleave
Bibliography
Index
Omar Al穩-de-Unzaga is the Coordinator of the 紮喝娶a紳ic Studies Unit at The Institute of Ismaili Studies (敁珗曄部), London. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and is currently preparing a monograph entitled A Philosophical Reading of the 紮喝娶a紳Muslims believe that the Holy 紮喝娶a紳 contains divine revelations to the Prophet Muhammed received in Mecca and Medina over a period of 23 years in the early 7th century CE. More: Exegetical Thought in the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity (Ras尨il Ikhwn al-廜糎f尨). He is also the Editor of the 紮喝娶a紳ic Studies Series published in association with the 敁珗曄部.