This volume of Encyclopaedia Islamica is the second 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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Ab笛 al-畍つrith
Ab笛 al-畍asan Afshr Ur笛miya幣朝
Ab笛 al-畍asan al-Ahwz朝
Ab笛 al-畍asan al-平mir朝
Ab笛 al-畍asan al-Bisyaw朝
Ab笛 al-畍asan Ghaffr朝
Ab笛 al-畍asan Gulistnah
Ab笛 al-畍asan al-畍arrn朝
Ab笛 al-畍asan al-Jurjn朝
Ab笛 al-畍asan Khn Bahrm朝
Ab笛 al-畍asan Khn Beglerbeg朝 Ma畍allt朝
Ab笛 al-畍asan Khn 暢lch朝 Sh朝rz朝
Ab笛 al-畍asan Mi平mr
Ab笛 al-畍asan Mustawf朝
Ab笛 al-畍asan Ndir al-Zamn
Ab笛 al-畍asan S朝mj笛r
Ab笛 al-畍asan al-畊abar朝
Ab笛 Hshim
Ab笛 Hshim al-Jubb幣朝
Ab笛 畍つtim al-Rz朝
Ab笛 畍つtim al-Sijistn朝
Ab笛 畍ayyn al-Gharn畊朝
Ab笛 畍ayyn al-Taw畍ツd朝
Ab笛 Hill al-平Askar朝
Ab笛 畍udhayfa
Ab笛 Hurayra
Ab笛 al-畍usayn al-Ba畊r朝
Ab笛 平Ikrima
Ab笛 平暢s al-I畊fahn朝
Ab笛 平暢s al-Warrq
Ab笛 Is畍ツq al-Ilb朝r朝
Ab笛 Is畍ツq Kzar笛n朝
Ab笛 Is畍ツq al-K笛bunn朝
Ab笛 Is畍ツq al-Sh朝rz朝
Ab笛 Ja平far Khzin
Ab笛 Ja平far b. Sh朝rzd
Ab笛 Ja平far Ustdh Hurmuz
Ab笛 Ja平far Yaz朝d b. al-Qa平q平
Ab笛 Jahl
Ab笛 al-Jr笛d
Ab笛 al-Jaysh al-Balkh朝
Ab笛 al-J笛d
Ab笛 Kmil
Ab笛 Khlid al-Kbul朝
Ab笛 Khlid al-Wsi畊朝
Ab笛 al-Kha畊Ｄb
Ab笛 al-Kha畊畊b
Ab笛 al-Khayr al-Ishb朝l朝
Ab笛 al-Khayr Khn Qazq
Ab笛 al-Khayr Khn Uzbek
Ab笛 Lahab
Ab笛 al-Layth al-Samarqand朝
Ab笛 Lu幣lu幣 Hasan
Ab笛 al-Ma平l朝 Lh笛r朝
Ab笛 al-Ma平l朝
Ab笛 Madyan
Ab笛 al-Ma畍ツmid al-Ghaznaw朝
Ab笛 al-Ma畍ツsin Jurjn朝
Ab笛 Man畊Ｅr al-平Ijl朝
Ab笛 Man畊Ｅr al-I畊fahn朝
Ab笛 Man畊Ｅr al-Ma平mar朝
Ab笛 Man畊Ｅr Mu畍ammad b. 平Abd al-Razzq
Ab笛 Man畊Ｅr Muwaffaq Haraw朝
Ab笛 Man畊Ｅr b. Y笛suf
Ab笛 Ma平shar al-Balkh朝
Ab笛 Ma平shar al-Sind朝
Ab笛 Mi畍jan
Ab笛 Mikhnaf
Ab笛 al-Mu幣ayyad Balkh朝
Ab笛 al-Mufa畍畍al al-Shaybn朝
Ab笛 M笛s (Island)
Ab笛 M笛s al-Ash平ar朝
Ab笛 M笛s al-Mad朝n朝
Ab笛 M笛s al-Murdr
Ab笛 Muslim al-I畊fahn朝
Ab笛 Muslim al-Khawln朝
Ab笛 Muslim al-Khursn朝
Ab笛 Muslim-nmah
Ab笛 al-Mu畊ahhar al-Azd朝
Ab笛 al-Mu畊arrif
Ab笛 al-Mu幣thir
Ab笛 Na畊r Farh朝
Ab笛 Na畊r al-Ksh朝
Ab笛 Na畊r Man畊Ｅr b. 平Irq
Ab笛 Na畊r Mushkn
Ab笛 Na畊r Prs
Ab笛 Na畊r Prs (mausoleum)
Ab笛 Na畊r al-Sijz朝
Ab笛 Nu平aym Ali Bahramian (Suheyl Umar)
Ab笛 Nu平aym al-I畊fahn朝
Ab笛 Nukhayla
Ab笛 Nuws
Ab笛 al-Qsim al-Balkh朝
Ab笛 al-Qsim al-Dargaz朝n朝
Ab笛 al-Qsim Farhang
Ab笛 al-Qsim al-畍ak朝m al-Samarqand朝
Ab笛 al-Qsim Kshn朝
Ab笛 al-Qsim Kath朝r
Ab笛 al-Qsim Kurragn朝
Ab笛 al-Qsim Mu畍ammad Aslam
Ab笛 al-Qsim al-Na畊rbd朝
Ab笛 al-Qsim S朝mj笛r
Ab笛 al-Qsim al-Taym朝
Ab笛 Qatda
Ab笛 Q朝r
Ab笛 Qubays
Ab笛 Qu畍ツfa
Ab笛 Qurra
Ab笛 Rfi平
Ab笛 Rakwa
Ab笛 Rash朝d al-N朝sb笛r朝
Ab笛 Riysh al-Qays朝
Ab笛 Sahl 畍amdaw朝
Ab笛 Sahl al-Mas朝畍ツ Younes
Ab笛 Sahl al-Nawbakht朝
Ab笛 Sahl Zawzan朝
Ab笛 Sa平朝d b. Ab朝 al-Khayr
Ab笛 Sa平朝d Bahdur Khn
Ab笛 Sa平朝d G笛rakn
Ab笛 Sa平朝d al-Jannb朝
Ab笛 Sa平朝d al-Jurjn朝
Ab笛 Sa平朝d al-Kadum朝
Ab笛 Sa平朝d al-Khudr朝
Ab笛 Sa平朝d K笛chk笛nj朝
Ab笛 Sa平朝d al-Rustam朝
Ab笛 Sa平朝d al-Yamm朝
Abu al-Sj
Ab笛 al-畊al畍 al-畍alab朝
Ab笛 Salama al-Khalll
Ab笛 al-畊alt
Ab笛 al-Sary
Ab笛 Shak笛r Balkh朝
Ab笛 Shma
Ab笛 al-Shaykh al-I畊fahn朝
Ab笛 Shimr al-Murji幣
Ab笛 al-Sh朝畊
Ab笛 Shuj平 al-I畊fahn朝
Ab笛 Sufyn
Ab笛 Sulaymn al-Drn朝
Ab笛 Sulaymn al-Sijistn朝
Ab笛 al-Su平笛d, 平Abd Allh b. 平Abd Allh
Ab笛 al-Su平笛d, Mu畍ammad b. Mu畍ammad b. Mu畊ａ広af 平Imd朝
Ab笛 畊hir (family)
Ab笛 畊hir al-Jannb朝
Ab笛 畊hir Multn朝
Ab笛 畊hir Samarqand朝
Ab笛 畊hir 畊ars笛s朝
Ab笛 畊al畍a
Ab笛 畊lib (平Imrn) b. 平Abd al-Mu畊畊alib
Ab笛 畊lib Khn
Ab笛 畊lib al-Makk朝
Ab笛 畊lib Mudarris Hamadn朝
Ab笛 al-畊ama畍ツn al-Qayn朝
Ab笛 Tammm
Ab笛 al-畊ayyib al-Lughaw朝 Mehran Arzandeh (Rahim Gholami)
Ab笛 al-畊ayyib al-Mu畊Ｊab朝
Ab笛 al-畊ayyib al-畊abar朝
Ab笛 Thawr
Ab笛 畊ufayl
Ab笛 Turb Ghaffr朝
Ab笛 Turb I畊fahn朝
Ab笛 Turb al-Nakhshab朝
Ab笛 平Ubayd al-Bakr朝
Ab笛 平Ubayd al-Qsim b. Sallm al-Khuz平朝
Ab笛 平Ubayd al-Thaqaf朝
Ab笛 平Ubayda
Ab笛 平Ubayda b. al-Jarr畍
Ab笛 Umma al-Bhil朝
Ab笛 平Uthmn al-畍つr朝
Ab笛 al-Waf幣 Khwrazm朝
Ab笛 al-Wal朝d al-Bj朝
Ab笛 al-Wal朝d al-畍imyar朝
Ab笛 al-Waz朝r
Ab笛 Ya畍y al-Bi畊r朝q
Ab笛 al-Ya畍l al-Ja平far朝
Ab笛 Ya畍l al-Maw畊il朝
Ab笛 al-Yanbagh朝
Ab笛 Ya平q笛b
Ab笛 Ya平q笛b al-Hamadn朝
Ab笛 Ya平q笛b al-Sijistn朝
Ab笛 al-Yaq畉n
Ab笛 Yaz朝d al-Nukkr朝
Ab笛 Y笛suf
Ab笛 Y笛suf al-Qazw朝n朝
Ab笛 Y笛suf Ya平q笛b
Ab笛 Zakariyy al-Janwun朝
Ab笛 Zakariyy al-Warjaln朝
Ab笛 Zayd al-An畊Ｄr朝
Ab笛 Zayd al-Balkh朝
Ab笛 Zayd Kshn朝
Ab笛 Zayd al-Qurash朝
Ab笛 Zayn Ka畍メ献l
粥恢霞偵稼温鞄
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
[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.