Ismaili Studies Digest: Week 2

The 7 most popular academic works from the past week

Editor @ Ismaili Studies

Feb 25, 2024

Welcome to the second edition of our weekly digest, where we showcase the top 7 articles from the past week in the field of Ismāʿīlī Studies. This curated selection highlights the most compelling and influential research, discussions, and discoveries that have captured the attention of scholars and enthusiasts alike.

Top 7 Posts

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New Release: "The Book of Unveiling: Early Fatimid Ismaili Doctrine in the Kitab al-Kashf, attributed to Ja‘far b. Mansur b. al-Yaman"

Description: The Kitab al-Kashf is one of the earliest Ismaili texts to have reached the present day. Transmitted by the Tayyibi Ismaili tradition, it is composed of six treatises, most of which, as this open access study and first English translation argues, go back to the early years of the Fatimid rule…

2 years ago · 8 likes · Editor @ Ismaili Studies

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Evolving Creation: An Ismaili Muslim Interpretation of Evolution

Abstract: This article presents a constructive Shīʿī Ismaili Muslim engagement with Neo-Darwinian evolution. By drawing on Ismaili metaphysics and hermeneutics, I argue that Ismailis can affirm evolution without exceptions due to four features of contemporary and historical Ismaili thought. First, Aga Khan III (d. 1957), the 48th hereditary Ismaili Imam…

2 years ago · Editor @ Ismaili Studies and Khalil Andani

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The Bohras as Neo-Fatimids: Documentary Remains of a Fatimid Past in Gujarat

Abstract: This article traces the remains of Fāṭimid chancery documents, and the writing practices that surround them, among the Bohras of Gujarat. As Shiʿi Ismaʿilis, the Bohras consider themselves heirs of the Fāṭimid Imāmate (909–1171). Whereas other Ismaʿili communities, such as the Nizārīs, claim their genealogical link to the Fāṭimids through the …

2 years ago · Editor @ Ismaili Studies

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The Shia Ismaili Dawat in Khurasan: From its Early Beginning to the Ghaznawid Era

Abstract: This paper focuses on the rise and development of the Shi’a Isma'ili (hereafter, Isma'ili) history in Khurasan, from its earliest beginning to the end of the Ghaznawid era. It demonstrates that the Isma'ili da‘wat (summons) in Khursan has been a successful endeavour. Its success has mainly been due to the fact that the Isma'ili imams always va…

2 years ago · Editor @ Ismaili Studies

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