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The reading guides available here on select 敁珗曄部 publications are meant to make these more accessible to the readers. Each reading guide features a brief introduction to the book together with a set of guiding questions and selected extracts to facilitate a thoughtful reading of the book.

Assassin Legends: Myths of the Ismailis

Farhad Daftarys The Assassin Legends: Myths of theIsmailis, seeks to deconstruct the fabricated stories about the NizariIsmailisas hashish smoking killers, obedient to their leader, the old man of the mountain.

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Front cover of the book 'The Assassin Legends' by Dr. Farhad Daftary

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An image of the book cover 'Word of God, Art of Man' : Black background with the book title and the author's name and a carpet design with geometric patterns and Arabic calligraphy on its borders

A Short History of the Ismailis: Traditions of a Muslim Community

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Front book cover of the book 'Between Revolution And State' by Sumaiya A Hamdani

Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid Statehood

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Book cover of the book 'Civil Society In The Muslim World' by Amyn B. Sajoo

Civil Society in the Muslim World: Contemporary Perspectives

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Front cover of the book 'Crossing the threshold' by Dominique-Sila Khan

Crossing the Threshold: Understanding Religious Identities in South Asia

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Book cover of the book 'Degrees of Excellence' Edited and Translated by Arzina Halani

Degree of Excellence

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Front cover of the book 'Early Sh蘋蘆 Thought' by Arzina R Halani

Early Shii Thought: The Teachings of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir

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Front cover of the book Ecstasy and Enlightenment by Professor Ali Asani

Ecstasy and Enlightenment: The Ismaili Devotional Literature of South Asia

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Front cover of the book Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani by Paul E Walker

Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani - Ismaili Thought in the Age of al-Hakim

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Red coloured book cover of the book Justice and Rememberance by Dr. Reza Shah Kazemi

Justice and Remembrance: Introducing the Spirituality of Imam 'Ali

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Front cover of the book Memoirs of a Mission by Verena Klemm

Memoirs of Mission: The Ismaili Statesman and Poet al-Muayyad fil- Din al-Shirazi

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Book cover of the book 'Muslim Modernities' by Amyn B. Sajoo

Muslim Modernities: Expressions of the Civil Imagination

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Book cover of the book 'Nasir Khusraw, The Ruby Of Badakhshan' by Alice C Hunsberger

Nasir Khusraw - The ruby of Badakhshan

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Book cover of the book 'Surviving The Mongols' by Nadia Eboo Jamal

Surviving the Mongols: Nizari Quhistani and the Continuity of Ismaili Tradition in Persia

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Book cover of the book 'The Fatimids And Their Traditions of Learning' by Heinz Hall

The Fatimids and Their Traditions of Learning

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Front cover of the book 'The Founder of Cairo' by Dr. Shainool Jiwa

The Founder of Cairo

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Book cover of the book 'The Meaning of the Word' Edited by S.R Burge

The Meaning of the Word: Lexicology and Quranic Exegesis

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Book cover of the book 'Towards a Shii Mediterranean Empire' by Dr. Shainool Jiwa

Towards a Shi`i Mediterranean EmpireFatimid Egypt and the Founding of Cairo

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Word of God, Art of Man: The Qur'an and its Creative Expressions

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