This volume of Encyclopaedia Islamica is the third 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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Adab
平粥糸温馨
Adam in Islam
Adhn and iqma
糸鞄温姻恢偵霞逮偵稼
平Ad朝 b. 畍つtim
Al-Ad朝b al-Na畊anz朝
Ad朝b 畊bir Tirmidh朝
粥鉛-平畍i糸
平糸庄鉛-皆鞄偵鞄朝壊
Af畍al al-D朝n al-Kh笛naj朝
Af畍al al-D朝n Kirmn朝
Al-Af畍al b. Badr al-Jaml朝
Af畍al 畍usayn朝
Al-Af畍al Kutayft
Afghan
Afghanistan
粥韓鉛偵一朝
粥韓姻偵壊庄霞偵恢
粥韓姻偵壊庄霞偵恢 (family)
粥韓壊鞄偵姻
粥韓壊鞄偵姻ids
粥韓壊鞄朝稼
Aga KhanA title granted by the Shah of Persia to the then Ismaili Imam in 1818 and inherited by each of his successors to the Imamate. (q Khn)
gh Mu畍ammad Khn Qjr
ghj Ar朝
Al-Aghn朝, Kitb
AghlabidsMuslim dynasty that ruled in North Africa (800909), succeeded by the Fatimids.
粥畍d偵岳鞄
Ahl al-Kitb
Ahl-i 畍aqq
粥畍m温糸
粥畍m温糸 al-平Alaw朝
粥畍m温糸 al-Badaw朝
粥畍m温糸 al-N畊ir
粥畍m温糸 al-Rif平朝
粥畍m温糸 al-Suhraward朝
粥畍m温糸 b. 平Abd 粥鉛鉛偵鞄 al-Mast笛r
粥畍m温糸 b. Ab朝 Du幣d al-Ibd朝
粥畍m温糸 b. al-畊ayyib al-Sarakhs朝
粥畍m温糸 b. Ayy笛b
粥畍m温糸 b. 畍anbal
粥畍m温糸 b. 平暢s
粥畍m温糸 b. 平暢s b. Zayd
粥畍m温糸 b. Khi畍rawayh (Khi畍r笛ya) al-Balkh朝
粥畍m温糸 b. Mu畍ammad b. 平暢s
粥畍m温糸 b. M笛s b. Ja平far
粥畍m温糸 Jm
粥畍m温糸 Ksn朝
粥畍m温糸 Ktib
粥畍m温糸 Mashhad朝
粥畍m温糸 Mujtahid
粥畍m温糸 M笛s
粥畍m温糸 Nayr朝z朝
粥畍m温糸 Rasm朝
粥畍m温糸 Shh Durrn朝
粥畍m温糸 Shh Qjr
粥畍m温糸 Shml笛
粥畍m温糸 Sirhind朝
粥畍m温糸 Yasaw朝
Al-A畍naf b. Qays
A畍rr, Khwjah N畊ir al-D朝n 平Ubayd 粥鉛鉛偵鞄
粥鉛-粥畍s偵幣朝
粥畍w偵鉛
Al-Ahwz朝, Ab笛 al-畍asan
平幣庄壊鞄温
Akbar
粥一恢温姻-稼偵馨温鞄
Akhbr al-Dawla al-平Abbsiyya
Al-Akhbr朝, M朝rz Mu畍ammad
粥一鞄恢偵姻庄霞霞温
al-Akhfash
粥一鞄朝
粥一鞄朝 Awrn
l A平yan
平Al幣 al-Dawla Simnn朝
平Al幣 al-D朝n 平A畊畊r Bukhr朝
平Al幣 al-D朝n Mu畍ammad
粥鉛温馨笛岳
粥鉛韓偵畉
平Al朝 b. 平Abd 粥鉛鉛偵鞄 b. al-平Abbs
平Al朝 b. Ab朝 畍amza al-Ba畊幣in朝
平Al朝 b. Ab朝 畊libCousin of the Prophet Muhammad and his son-in-law by marriage to his daughter Fatima; the first Shii Imam and fourth caliph (d. 661).
平Al朝 b. al-畍usayn, Ab笛 al-畍asan
平Al朝 b. Ja平far
平Al朝 b. Mahziyr
平Al朝 b. Maym笛n
平Al朝 Ri畍 平Abbs朝
平l朝-Qp笛 Palace
粥鉛鉛偵鞄
粥鉛鉛偵鞄wird朝 Khn
粥鉛-鉛笛壊朝
粥馨偵鉛朝
粥鉛-粥平馨温壊鞄
粥鉛-馨庄糸朝
Al-Am朝n, Mu畍sin
mina bint Wahb
粥馨朝稼逮朝
粥馨朝姻(pl. umar幣) Arabic lit. a prince, a commander, or a leader. In early Muslim history, the word am朝r referred to an army commander. During the Umayyad and Abbasid periods, the… 温鉛-畍つj逮
粥馨朝姻 al-Mu幣min朝n
Al-mir bi-A畍km 粥鉛鉛偵鞄
粥馨朝姻 畍usayn朝
粥馨朝姻 Kab朝r
The 粥馨朝姻 Kiy幣ids of G朝ln
平Amr b. al-平畊
平Amr b. al-Layth
平Amr b. 畍amiq al-Khuz平朝
al-Amr bi al-ma平r笛f wa al-nahy 平an al-munkar
Anas b. Mlik
粥稼韓偵鉛
粥稼逮顎糸偵稼
平粥稼稼偵噛庄糸壊
粥稼援温姻温敬朝
温鉛-粥稼畊k朝
粥稼敬温姻朝
q Shams al-D朝n
q Buzurg Tihrn朝
平Aq朝l b. Ab朝 畊lib
援-援笛霞笛稼鉛笛
Arabic
粥姻恢温平朝稼
Ardistn, congregational mosque
Arg
Argh笛n Khn
Arg-i 平Al朝 Shh
平rif Qazw朝n朝
Armenia
Asad朝 畊笛s朝
畊af b. Barakhy
al-A畊bagh b. Nubta
温鉛-粥壊鞄平温姻朝
Ash平ar朝s of Qumm
Ash平ar朝s, the dissemination of Ash平ar朝 theology
al-Ash平ath b. Qays al-Kind朝
Ashraf Jahng朝r
Ashraf-ughl朝 (Erefolu)
平壊鞄笛姻偵幣An event which is commemorated by many Shia Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Imam al-畍usayn b. 平Al朝, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, which took…
粥畊l
粥畊l朝 and Karam
Asm幣 bint 平Umays
Al-Asm幣 wa al-a畍km
温鉛-粥畊m温平朝
Al-Asmar
Assassins
平A畊幣 al-Khursn朝
平A畊畊r N朝sb笛r朝
Awliy Chalab朝
粥敬岳偵糸
粥鉛-粥敬噛偵平朝
yt al-a畍km
yat 粥鉛鉛偵鞄
平Ayn al-Qu畍t Hamadn朝
粥鉛-平粥霞霞偵壊鞄朝
粥霞霞笛恢庄糸壊
Al-Azhar
A畉har Tabr朝z朝
A畉har, Immzdah
温鉛-粥噛鞄温姻朝
Al-平Az朝z billh
B 平Alaw朝
京偵恢
al-京偵恢 al-畍つd朝平ashar
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.