This volume of Encyclopaedia Islamica is the first of a projected 16-volume publication, consisting of an abridged and edited translation of the Persian D幣irat al-Ma平rif-i Buzurg-i Islm朝, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world. One unique feature of this work of reference lies in the attention it gives to Shi平i Islam and its rich and diverse heritage, which makes it complementary to other encyclopaedias. In addition to providing entries on important themes, subjects and personages in Islam generally, it offers the western reader an opportunity to appreciate the various dimensions of Shi平i Islam, the Persian contribution to Islamic civilisation, and the spiritual dimensions of the Islamic tradition.
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平粥恢偵幣
粥恢偵恢朝鉛
恢偵糸温鞄
恢偵糸偵稼
Abn b. 平Abd al-畍am朝d al-L畍iq朝
Abn b. Taghlib
Abq Khn
粥恢温姻援笛鞄
平Abasa Mahdi Muti (Farzin Negahban)
恢温壊一笛稼
Al-平Abbd朝, Ab笛 平畊im
平Abbd朝, Mu畉affar
平粥恢恢偵糸庄糸壊
平Abbs I, Shh
平Abbs II, Shh
Al-平Abbs b. 平Abd al-Mu畊畊alib
平Abbs b. Ab朝 al-Fut笛畍
Al-平Abbs b. al-A畍naf
Al-平Abbs b. 平Al朝
Al-平Abbs b. 平Amr al-Ghanaw朝
平Abbs b. Firns
平Abbs 畍ilm朝 II
Al-平Abbs b. Mirds
平Abbs M朝rz
平Abbs Pasha
平Abbsa (a woman of the 平Abbsid court)
平Abbsa (a city in eastern Egypt)
Al-平Abbs朝, 平Abd al-Ra畍ツm
平粥恢恢偵壊庄糸壊
平粥恢恢偵壊庄霞霞温
平Abd Allh b. 平Abd al-Mu畊畊alib
平Abd Allh b. A畍mad b. 畍anbal
平Abd Allh b. 平Al朝
平Abd Allh b. 平mir b. Kurayz
平Abd Allh b. 平Amr b. al-平畊
平Abd Allh Bukhr朝
平Abd Allh b. Dhakwn
平Abd Allh b. 畍an畉ala
平Abd Allh b. 畍asan, Ab笛 Mu畍ammad
平Abd Allh b. Ja平far
平Abd Allh b. Ja畍sh
平Abd Allh b. al-Kaww幣
平Abd Allh b. Khzim
平Abd Allh b. Lah朝平a
平Abd Allh b. Maym笛n al-Qadd畍
平Abd Allh b. Mu平wiya
平Abd Allh b. M笛s b. Nu畊ayr
平Abd Allh b. Muskn
平Abd Allh b. Mu畊朝平
平Abd Allh b. Raw畍a
平Abd Allh b. Sa平d
平Abd Allh b. Salm
平Abd Allh Sh朝rz朝
平Abd Allh b. Sinn
平Abd Allh b. Ubayy
平Abd Allh b. 平Umar
平Abd Allh b. Wahb al-Rsib朝
平Abd Allh b. al-Zubayr
平Abd al-平A畉朝m al-畍asan朝
平Abd al-平Az朝z b. Ab朝 Rawwd
平Abd al-平Az朝z 平Uthmn朝
平Abd al-Dr, Ban笛
平Abd al-Ghan朝 al-Azd朝
平Abd al-Ghan朝 al-Maqdis朝
平Abd al-畍akam
平Abd al-畍am朝d I (Abd端lhamid)
平Abd al-畍am朝d b. Ya畍y (al-Ktib)
平Abd al-畍aqq Amnat Khn
平Abd al-Kar朝m Khwrazm朝
平Abd al-Kar朝m Munsh朝
平Abd al-La畊朝f
平Abd al-Maj朝d I (Abd端lmecit)
平Abd al-Malik b. Marwn
平Abd al-Malik I
平Abd Manf
平Abd al-Mu畊畊alib b. Hshim
平Abd al-Nab朝
平Abd al-Qdir b. Mu畍y朝 al-D朝n al-Jaz幣ir朝
平Abd al-Qudd笛s Gang笛h朝
平Abd al-Ra畍ツm Khn-i Khnn
平Abd al-Ra畍ツm Khwrazm朝
平Abd al-Ra畍mn b. Ab朝 Layl
平Abd al-Ra畍mn b. 平Awf
平Abd al-Ra畍mn Khwrazm朝
平Abd al-Ra畍mn b. Mahd朝
平Abd al-畊amad Sh朝rz朝
平Abd Shams
平Abd al-W畍id b. Zayd al-Ba畊r朝
平Abda b. al-畊ab朝b
粥恢糸偵鉛
粥恢糸偵鉛 Beg
粥恢糸偵鉛 Chisht朝
粥恢糸偵鉛朝
平粥恢糸偵稼
Al-平Abdar朝, Ab笛 平Abd Allh Mu畍ammad
平Abd朝 Psh (Abdi Paa) (1)
平Abd朝 Psh (Abdi Paa) (2)
Abhar
Al-b朝, Ab笛 al-Ma畍ツsin Na畊Ｄr al-D朝n
Al-b朝, Ab笛 Sa平d Man畊Ｅr b. al-畍usayn
粥恢朝敬温姻糸
Al-粥恢朝敬温姻糸朝
Abjad
粥恢逮温糸朝
Abkhazia (Abkhz)
Al-Ablah al-Baghdd朝
粥恢稼偵幣
Abr
Abraha
Abraham
恢姻温稼乙
粥鉛-粥恢姻偵姻
粥恢姻朝
粥鉛-粥恢畊a畍
Ab笛 al-平Abbs al-Isfaryin朝
Ab笛 al-平Abbs al-Murs朝
Ab笛 al-平Abbs al-Saff畍
Ab笛 al-平Abbs al-Sayyr朝
Ab笛 平Abd Allh al-平Alaw朝
Ab笛 平Abd Allh al-Ba畊r朝
Ab笛 平Abd Allh al-Sh朝平朝
Ab笛 平Abd Allh al-Zanjn朝
Ab笛 平Abd al-Ra畍mn al-Sulam朝
Ab笛 A畍mad al-平Askar朝
Ab笛 al-平Al幣 平A畊幣 b. Ya平q笛b Ghaznaw朝 Rz朝
Ab笛 al-平Al幣 Bihisht朝
Ab笛 al-平Al幣 al-Ma平arr朝
Ab笛 平Al朝 Ardistn朝
Ab笛 平Al朝 Balkh朝
Ab笛 平Al朝 al-Daqqq
Ab笛 平Al朝 al-Fris朝
Ab笛 平Al朝 al-Frmad朝
Ab笛 平Al朝 Miskawayh
Ab笛 平Al朝 S朝mj笛r
Ab笛 al-平liya
Ab笛 平Alqama
Ab笛 平Ammr
Ab笛 平Amr b. al-平Al幣
Ab笛 平Amr al-Dn朝
Ab笛 平Amr b. Nujayd
Ab笛 平Amr al-Shaybn朝
Ab笛 al-平畊
Ab笛 al-Aswad al-Du幣al朝
Ab笛 al-Aswr Shwur
Ab笛 al-平Athiya
Ab笛 平Awna
Ab笛 平Awn
Ab笛 al-平Ayn幣
Ab笛 Ayy笛b al-An畊Ｄr朝
Ab笛 Ayy笛b al-M笛riyn朝
Ab笛 Bakr
Ab笛 Bakr b. A畍mad al-Marwaz朝
Ab笛 Bakr b. 平Ayysh
Ab笛 Bakr 畍a畊Ｄr朝
Ab笛 Bakr b. 畍azm
Ab笛 Bakr al-Khwrazm朝
Ab笛 Bakr Quhistn朝
Ab笛 Bakr al-Sijistn朝
Ab笛 Bakr 畊ihrn朝
Ab笛 Bakr al-Warrq
Ab笛 Bakra
Ab笛 al-Baq幣 al-Kaffaw朝
Ab笛 al-Baq幣 al-平Ukbar朝
Ab笛 al-Barakt
Ab笛 Barza
Ab笛 Ba畊Ｄr
Ab笛 al-Bayn
Ab笛 Dahbal al-Juma畍ツ
Ab笛 al-Dard幣
Ab笛 Dw笛d al-Sijistn朝
Ab笛 Dharr al-Ghifr朝
Ab笛 Dharr al-Haraw朝
Ab笛 Dhu幣ayb al-Hudhal朝
Ab笛 Du幣d al-Iyd朝
Ab笛 Dulaf al-平Ijl朝
Ab笛 Dulaf (Mosque)
Ab笛 Dulaf, Mis平ar b. Muhalhil
Ab笛 al-Duny
Ab笛 al-Fa畍l 平Allm朝
Ab笛 al-Fa畍l al-Sarakhs朝
Ab笛 al-Fa畍l Swaj朝
Ab笛 al-Fa畍l al-Tam朝m朝
Ab笛 al-Faraj al-I畊fahn朝
Ab笛 al-Faraj al-Maghrib朝
Ab笛 al-Faraj b. Mas平笛d al-R笛n朝
Ab笛 al-Faraj b. al-畊ayyib
Ab笛 al-Fat畍 Bahdur Khn Zand
Ab笛 al-Fat畍 al-Bust朝
Ab笛 al-Fat畍 al-Daylam朝
Ab笛 al-Fat畍 G朝ln朝
Ab笛 al-Fat畍 畍usayn朝
Ab笛 al-Fat畍 al-I畊fahn朝
Ab笛 al-Fat畍 Khn Bakhtiyr朝
Ab笛 al-Fat畍 Khn Jawnsh朝r
Ab笛 al-Fid幣
Ab笛 Firs
Ab笛 Fudayk
Ab笛 al-Fut笛畍 al-平Ijl朝
Ab笛 al-Fut笛畍 al-Rz朝
Ab笛 Ghnim al-Khursn朝
Ab笛 al-Ghayth al-Qashshsh
Ab笛 al-Ghz朝 Bahdur Khn
Ab笛 畍af畊 al-畍addd
Ab笛 畍af畊 平Umar al-Ball笛畊朝
Ab笛 畍つmid al-Gharn畊朝
Ab笛 畍つmid al-Isfaryin朝
Ab笛 畍amza al-Khrij朝
Ab笛 畍amza al-Thuml朝 (the du平幣 of )
Ab笛 畍amza al-Thuml朝
Ab笛 畍an朝fa
Clearly the editors of ISLA have selected articles they consider will augment the existing reference sources and they have completed this selection task with acumen and skill. The work as a whole remains, however, a specialist encyclopaedia […] – or perhaps more accurately, it is an encyclopaedia for specialists […]. In that sense, it is a valuable addition […] to the reference work available at present. Perhaps its greatest merit is that it brings to an international audience a key example of and an excellent advertisement for high-quality Iranian scholarship which has hitherto been available but known only to a few.
Robert Gleave, Journal of the American Oriental Society
“Une encyclopedie produite dans un pays musulman peut soulever, dans l’esprit des specialistes occidentaux, qui ont appris a separer religion et savoir, des suspicions bien legitimes quand il s’agit d’art. touchant aux questions religieuses. Ce premier volume prouve que le doute peut etre leve a ce sujet. Des art. sensibles comme celui consacre a l’oncle paternel du Prophete, al-`Abbas, converti de la derniere heure, demontrent que les A. et les E. de la version anglaise ont bien compris la portee d’un ouvrage de ce genre. En conclusion, il s’agit d’un remarquable complement et supplement a la traditionnelle Encyclopedie de l’Islam des orientalistes qui trouvera sa place sur les etageres des meilleures bibliotheques du monde entier.
Frederic Bauden, Le Moyen Age
[T]he publication of Encyclopaedia Islamica is a notable step forward in including the Shia viewpoint in scholarship on Islam.
Mousa al-Reza Wahdati, Journal of Shia Islamic Studies
Printed on coated paper, the five volumes so far published are an impressive achievement both in production as well as in scholarship related to Persian themes.
Yashab Tur, Islamic Sciences
Farhad Daftary is Associate Director of the Institute of Ismaili Studies. He is an authority on Mediaeval Islam and Ismaili studies, consulting Editor of Encyclopaedia Iranica, and sits on the Advisory Board of the Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd edition).
Wilferd Madelung has made significant contributions to scholarship on mediaeval Islamic movements, including Twelver 皆鞄庄i壊馨See Shia., Zaydism and Ismailism. He is a former Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow with 今叔利.