Dedicated to the achievements of Farhad Daftary, the foremost authority in Ismaili Studies of our time, this volume gathers together a number of studies on intellectual and political history, particularly in the three main areas where the significance of Daftarys scholarship has had the largest impact Ismaili Studies as well as Persian Studies and Shii Studies in a wider context. It focuses, but not exclusively, on the intellectual production of the IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Ja平far al-畊diq (d. 765), as his successor. and their role in history, with discussions ranging from some of the earliest Ismaili texts, to thinkers from the Fatimid and the AlamutFortress of the Nizari Ismailis in northern Iran, which fell to the Mongols in 654 AH/1256 CE. periods as well as relations of the FatimidsMajor Muslim dynasty of Ismaili caliphs in North Africa (from 909) and later in Egypt (9731171) More with other dynasties. Containing essays from some of the most respected scholars in Ismaili, Shii and Persian Studies (including Patricia Crone, M. A. Amir-Moezzi, C. Edmund Bosworth and Robert Gleave), the book makes a significant contribution to wider scholarship in philosophical theology and medieval Islam. The contributors include: I. Afshar, H. Algar, M. A. Amir-Moezzi, S. J. Badakhchani, C. Baffioni, C. E. Bosworth, D. Cortese, P. Crone, D. De Smet, R. Gleave, H. Haji, I. Hajnal, A. H. Hamdani, C. Hillenbrand, A. C. Hunsberger, H. Landolt, L. Lewisohn, W. Madelung, A. Nanji, A. J. Newman, I. K. Poonawala and P. E. Walker.
Foreword, Azim Nanji
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
1. Introduction: A Biographical Sketch
Omar Al鱈-de-Unzaga
2. Bibliography of the Works of Farhad Daftary
3. Persian, the Other Sacred Language of Islam: Some Brief Notes
Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
4. Sunni Claims to Imam Ja平far al-畊diq
Hamid Algar
5. The Kitb al-Rus笛m wal-izdiwj wal-tart朝b Attributed to 平Abdn (d. 286/899): Edition of the Arabic Text and Translation
Wilferd Madelung and Paul E. Walker
6. Ab笛 Tammm on the Mubayyi畍a
Patricia Crone
7. The Ikhwn al-畊af幣From Arabic, lit. Brethren of Purity, a group of learned scholars who were based in Basra and Baghdad around the last quarter of the t10th century CE. It is more…: Between al-Kind朝 and al-Frb朝
Abbas Hamdani
8. 鴛恢糸偵平, Divine Imperative and Prophecy in the Ras幣il Ikhwn al-畊af幣
Carmela Baffioni
9. Some Aspects of the External Relations of the Qarmi畊a in Ba畍rayn
Istv叩n Hajnal
10. A Distinguished Slav Eunuch of the Early Fatimid Period: al-Ustdh Jawdhar
Hamid Haji
11. Al-Q畍朝 al-Nu平mn and his Refutation of Ibn Qutayba
Ismail K. Poonawala
12. The Risla al-Mudhhiba Attributed to al-Q畍朝 al-Nu平mn: Important Evidence for the Adoption of Neoplatonism by Fatimid Ismailism at the Time of al-Mu平izz?
Daniel De Smet
13. Cosmos into Verse: Two Examples of Islamic Philosophical Poetry in Persian
Alice C. Hunsberger
14. Early Evidence for the Reception of N畊ir-i Khusraws Poetry in Sufism: 平Ayn al-Qu畍ts Letter on the Ta平l朝m朝s
Hermann Landolt
15. A Dream Come True: Empowerment Through Dreams Reflecting FatimidSulayhid Relations
Delia Cortese
16. From the Moses of Reason to the Khi畍r of the Resurrection: The Oxymoronic Transcendent in Shahrastn朝s Majlis-i makt笛bdar Khwrazm
Leonard Lewisohn
17. Poems of the Resurrection: 畍asan-i Ma畍m笛d-i Ktib and his D朝wn-i Q幣imiyy
S. Jalal Badakhchani
18. Further Notes on the Turkish Names in Abul-Fa畍l Bayhaq朝s Tr朝kh-i Mas平笛d朝
C. Edmund Bosworth
19. A Book List from a Seventh/Thirteenth-Century Manuscript Found in Bmyn
Iraj Afshar
20. Whats in a Name? Tughtegin the Minister of the Antichrist?
Carole Hillenbrand
21. SafavidsA major Shi’i dynasty which ruled Persia (1501-1732 CE), and was succeeded by the Afsharids. (See also Qizilbash, Safawiyya.) and Subalterns: The Reclaiming of Voices
Andrew J. Newman
22. Compromise and Conciliation in the Akhbr朝U畊Ｅl朝 Dispute: Y笛suf al-Ba畍rn朝s Assessment of 平Abd Allh al-Samh朝j朝s Munyat al-Mumris朝n
Robert Gleave
Bibliography
Index
Omar Al鱈-de-Unzaga is the Coordinator of the 河顎姻a稼ic Studies Unit at 今叔利 (IIS), London. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and is currently preparing a monograph entitled A Philosophical Reading of the 河顎姻a稼Muslims believe that the Holy 河顎姻a稼 contains divine revelations to the Prophet Muhammed received in Mecca and Medina over a period of 23 years in the early 7th century CE. More: Exegetical Thought in the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity (Ras幣il Ikhwn al-畊af幣). He is also the Editor of the 河顎姻a稼ic Studies Series published in association with the IIS.