This volume of Encyclopaedia Islamica is the fourth 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.
This volume contains comprehensive articles on two major cities of the Islamic world, Baghdad and 京温畊r温, as well as groundbreaking entries in various disciplines: including 京温姻偵幣温 in jurisprudence, 温鉛-京偵援庄鉛鉛偵稼朝 in theology, the Ban笛 M笛sLit. the ‘the people of Moses’. in the sciences, the Barmakids in history, and Byaz朝d Bas畊am朝 in the mystical tradition.
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Bb Af畍al
Bb Faraj Tabr朝z朝
Bb Far朝d al-D朝n Ganj Shikar
Bb Ilys Khursn朝
Bb Jn 畍つfi畉-i Turbat朝
Bb Kaml-i Jand朝
Bb Luqmn, Mausoleum
Bb Qsim, Mausoleum
Bb Rukn al-D朝n Sh朝rz朝
Bb Rukn al-D朝n Sh朝rz朝, Mausoleum
Bb Shh I畊fahn朝
Bb 畊hir
Bb幣朝 Movement
Bbak Khurram-D朝n
Bbil (Babel or Babylon)
京温糸偵幣
京温糸偵幣i平 Nigr, M朝rz Mahd朝
京温糸偵幣i平 Nigr, Mu畍ammad Ibrh朝m
京温糸温一鞄壊鞄偵稼
京温糸温一鞄壊鞄偵稼朝, Sayyid(pl. sda/asyd) Arabic term for lord or master. It is a pre-Islamic term and refers to a person who possesses dignity or enjoys an exalted position among his people. Amongst… Suhrb Wal朝
Badakhsh朝, Shh Mu畍ammad
京偵糸乙朝姻
Bdhil Mashhad朝
Bad朝平 al-Zamn Hamadn朝
Bad朝平 al-Zamn Tabr朝z朝
Bad朝平 in Persian Language and Literature
京温糸朝鞄庄霞霞偵岳
Badr
Badr al-Jaml朝
Baghdad
al-Baghdd朝, 平Abd al-Qdir
Bah幣 al-D朝n Ab笛 Mu畍ammad Zakariyy幣 Multn朝
Bah幣 al-D朝n Matt笛
Bah幣 al-D朝n Walad (Bah幣 Walad or Sul畊n al-平Ulam幣)
Bah幣 al-D朝n Walad (Sul畊n Walad)
Bahr, Mu畍ammad Taq朝
Bahr-i 平Ajam
Bahmanyr b. al-Marzubn
Bahrm b. Mardnshh
Al-Ba畍rn朝, Ab笛 al-畍asan Jaml al-D朝n
al-Ba畍rn朝, Hshim
Ba畍rayn (Bahrain)
Bajaliyya
al-Bkharz朝, Ab笛 al-畍asan
Bkharz朝, Ab笛 al-Ma平l朝 Sayf al-D朝n
Bkharz朝, Ab笛 al-Mafkhir
Bakht
Bakhtiyr Kk朝
京温一鞄岳庄霞偵姻朝
京温一鞄岳庄霞偵姻-稼偵馨温鞄
Bakr b. W幣il
Bakrn, Mu畍ammad b. Naj朝b
温鉛-京温鉛偵糸鞄顎姻朝
京温鉛偵乙鞄温
Bal平am B平笛r
京温鉛平温馨朝
Balkh
京温鉛笛界鞄
京温鉛笛界鞄朝 Literature
Balyn朝, Am朝n al-D朝n
Balyn朝, Aw畍ad al-D朝n
Bam, Arg
京温稼偵一温岳朝
Ban笛 al-Munajjim
Ban笛 Isr幣朝l
Ban笛 M笛s
温鉛-京温援朝平
Bq朝 billh
温鉛-京偵援庄鉛鉛偵稼朝, Ab笛 Bakr
Bqir Khn
Al-Bar幣 b. 平zib
Al-Bar幣 b. Mlik
京温姻偵幣温
Barh朝n Ithbt al-Bri幣
Barh笛y朝 (Brahui)
Baraka
Baraka (Barakat) Hamadn朝
Barq Bb
温鉛-京温姻恢温鞄偵姻朝
京温姻恢温畊
Bard al-平Aj笛z
Br-i Amnat
京温姻朝糸
Barmakids
粥鉛-京温姻援朝
京温姻畊Ｄ畊Ｄ
京温姻壊庄霞偵稼
Barzakh
粥鉛-京温壊偵壊朝姻朝
温鉛-京温壊温敬朝
Bash朝r b. Sa平d
京温壊鞄朝姻庄霞霞温
Bashshr b. Burd
Bas朝畊 al-畍aq朝qa
Bas朝畊 wa Murakkab
京温畊r温
京温畊r温 (Morocco)
Bast
京温壊畊m
al-京温壊畊m朝
京偵畊i稼庄霞霞温Lit. supporters of the b畊in. A perjorative term used by Sunni authors such as al-Ghazl朝 (d. 1111) to refer to those, especially the Ismailis, who recognise an inner level of…
温鉛-京偵畊i姻援偵稼朝
Bay 平
京温霞平温
Bayn b. Sam平n
Byaz朝d 京温壊畊m朝
Byaz朝d 京温壊畊m朝 (al-Thn朝)
京温霞畍
al-京温霞畍w朝
Bayhaq
Bayhaq朝, Ab笛 al-Fa畍l
al-Bayhaq朝, Ab笛 al-畍asan
al-Bayhaq朝, Ab笛 Bakr
al-Bayhaq朝, Ab笛 Ja平far
Bayt al-畍ikmaFrom Arabic; lit. house of wisdom; best characterised as a research and teaching centre with a library and translation facilities. Located in Baghdad, it was a caliphal institution that reached…
Bayt al-Ml
al-Bayt al-Ma平m笛r
温鉛-京温噛温稼畊朝
Bzgasht-i Adab朝
京温噛朝乙鞄庄霞霞温
al-Bazzr, Ab笛 Bakr A畍mad
温鉛-京温噛噛朝
Bektashi Order
B朝b朝 Shahrbn笛
京朝糸偵恢偵糸朝
B朝dil (Bedil)
Bih far朝d
Bi畍ツr al-Anwr
Bihzd, 畍usayn
Bihzd, Kaml al-D朝n
Bill al-畍abash朝
Bill b. 畍つrith
Bilawhar wa B笛dsaf
京庄鉛乙姻偵馨朝
京庄鉛援朝壊
Bindings and Binding
京朝姻逮温稼糸朝
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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.