This lecture will be held online (via Zoom) and begin promptly at 17.00 BST.
Since their compilations in the tenth and eleventh centuries CE, the four油hadith油恢看看一壊,油温鉛-悪温韓朝,油温鉛-酷温援朝鞄,油温鉛-意温鞄糸鞄庄恢, and油温鉛-鴛壊岳庄恢畊a姻, have left an indelible mark on Shi平i religiosity. The present study takes as its starting point the earliest instance in which these four compilations were collectively referred to as the Four Books (al-kutub al-arba平a). Dr Amin Ehtesh叩mi investigate major developments in the period between the inception of this phrase in the fifteenth century and its consolidation as the demarcator of a unique Imami油hadith油corpus in the seventeenth century. Following the introduction, each section will focus on a figure whose ideas contributed to this consolidation process before summarizing the findings of the previous sections and reflect on the notion of油hadith油canonicity within the context of Imami jurisprudence during the period under study.
Islamic History and Thought Lecture Series油(IHTLS) is designed to invite scholars of various international academic institutions, specialising in intellectual, social and political aspects of medieval and early modern Islamic societies, to present and discuss their research. IHTLS is hosted by the Institute of Ismaili Studies (London) and convened by Dr Orkhan Mir-Kasimov since November 2023 (previously Dr F但r竪s Gillon).
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Speakers
Amin Ehtesh叩mi
Amin Ehtesh叩mi, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He received his doctorate in Islamic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley where he wrote his dissertation on the scriptural thought of Fay甜 Kshn朝. He works on Islamic intellectual history, with a particular focus on theology, hadith, historiography, and legal hermeneutics.
Robert Gleave
Professor
Robert Gleave, is Professor of Arabic Studies in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. From January 2023 until January 2026 he will be油 with the research project The Foundations of Modern Shiism: The End of Akhbarism and the Beginnings of Usulism. He authored many publications. His research focuses on Islamic legal theory and practice, particularly legal hermeneutics, and the history of Shiite legal thought and institutions. He has directed a number of international research projects over the past 20 years exploring these issues.
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Cover image: Frontispiece to the fourth volume of Sultan Baybars’ monumental Qur幣an. Cairo, 1304-6油 (). Public domain.
