The Shi'i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity (Muslim Heritage)

Daftary, Farhad & Amyn B. Sajoo, Shainool Jiwa

ISBN 10: 1784534773 / ISBN 13: 9781784534776

Editore: I. B. Tauris In Association With The Institute Of Ismaili Studies, 2015

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2015. hardcover. Cloth, dj. Octavo. xvi & 390 pp. New. Dust Jacket is Like New.

Codice articolo P011419

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• Titolo: The Shi'i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity (Muslim Heritage)
• Editore: I. B. Tauris In Association With The Institute Of Ismaili Studies
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1784534773
• ISBN 13: 9781784534776
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: New
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: sovraccoperta
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Islam

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Riassunto

Spans early Islamic history to the present day.

Informazioni sugli autori

Farhad Daftary is director emeritus and a member of the board of governors of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. An authority in Ismaili studies, Dr Daftary has published and lectured widely in this field of Islamic studies. His own research has contributed to a better understanding of aspects of Ismaili history. As well as serving on various editorial and advisory boards. He has written and edited 27 books and more than 250 articles and encyclopedia entries. In 2011, a Festschrift entitled Fortresses of the Intellect was produced to honor Daftary by a number of his colleagues and peers.

Amyn B. Sajoo is Scholar-in-Residence at Simon Fraser University's Centre for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures in Vancouver, Canada.

Shainool Jiwa is Associate Professor at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK. Her latest publication, The Fatimids: 2. The Rule from Egypt (2023), is a World of Islam series title, for which she also serves as the series General Editor. She is the author of The Fatimids: 1. The Rise of a Muslim Empire (2018), and co-editor of The Shi'i World (2015), and The Fatimid Caliphate (2017). She has edited and translated key medieval Arabic texts relating to Fatimid history, including Towards a Shi'i Mediterranean Empire (2009) and The Founder of Cairo (2013).