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The Shi'i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2017
Date Published  2017
Authors  Daftary, Farhad; Sajoo, Amyn B; Jiwa, Shainool
Original Publication  Journal of Islamic Studies (2017) pp. 1 of 5
ISBN/ISSN Number  978–1784534776
Key Words  Twelver Shiism; Shi’i Islam; art; literature; gender; cinema; and music within contemporary global Shi’ism
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The Aga Khan Case: Religion and Identity in Colonial India

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2012
Date Published  2012
Authors  Purohit, Teena
Original Publication  Asian Ethnology 73/1–2 • 2014
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The Aga Khan Case: Religion and Identity in Colonial India Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. 183 pages.
Hardcover, $45.00/£33.95/€40.50. isbn 978-0-674-06639-7.
Key Words  Aga Khan Case; Religion and Identity; Colonial India
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IIS alumni, 2013 (various topics)

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2013
Date Published  2013
Authors  Saleh, Ambreen
Original Publication  Alumni Association of the Institute of Ismaili Studies
Alternate Title  Reflections on Shah Faisal Mosque: A Tribute to God at the Foothills of the Himalayas
Issue  2013
Publisher  Alumni Association of the Institute of Ismaili Studies
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Brief Review: A Fatimid Code of Conduct for the Imam’s Administrators, Karim H. Karim, Mc Gill Class of 1984
Cultural Connections, Dr Karim Gillani, GPISH Class of 2003Administrators
Reflections on the Al Sabah Collection, Museum of Fine Arts,Houston, Arif Sunesara, STEP Class of 2012
Reflections on Hagia Sophia,Istanbul, Shahnoz Valijonbekova and Sabira Virani - STEP Class of 2010
Key Words  Fatimid Code of Conduct; Cultural Connections; Al Sabah Collection; Museum of Fine Arts; Hagia Sophia
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The Dhimmis and their Role in the Administration of the Fatimid State

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2016
Date Published  2016
Authors  Kharanbeh, Dr. Saleh; Hamad, Dr. Muhammad
Original Publication  International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol. 6, No. 2; February 2016
Key Words  The Dhimmis; Fatimid State; Islamic history; Islamic civilization
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VERNACULAR SCRIPTS OF THE INDUS VALLEY AND BEYOND

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2016
Date Published  2016
Authors  Shackle,, Christopher
Original Publication  THE ELIOT ROOM, BRITISH LIBRARY CONFERENCE CENTRE LONDON
Alternate Title  Personal Reflections and Observations on the Indus Valley Scripts
Publisher  THE ELIOT ROOM, BRITISH LIBRARY CONFERENCE CENTRE LONDON
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An Anthropological Perspective on the Khūdāwādī script
The unexplained sectarian nature of the revolts of the Tughluq Era in Medieval Sindh
Manuscripts in Khojki Sindhi Script: A State of the Art
Preliminary observations on the British Library's Khojki manuscript from Zanzibar
Key Words  Indus Valley Scripts; Khudawadi script; Tughluq Era in Medieval Sindh; Khojki Sindhi Script; Khojki manuscript from Zanzibar
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Les manuscrits du sud de la vallée de l’Indus en écriture khojkī sindhī

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2016
Date Published  2016
Authors  Bhalloo, Zahir; Akhtar, Iqbal
Original Publication  ASIA 2018; 72(2): 319–338
Key Words  manuscripts; khojkī sindhī script; Khojas; āghā khān; satpanth
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Sectarian References of Political Position of Nizārī Ismāʿīlīs in 11th and 12th centuries

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2020
Date Published  2020
Authors  Demirtaş, Dücane
Alternate Title  Introductory_Anthology_Paper_on_the_Sect
Key Words  Reinterpretation; Quran and hadith; Islam; tabiins; Zoroastrian culture; Hellenistic culture of Near East; Banu Hashim; Banu Umayya; Mecca; Uthman; Muaviye; caliphate of Ali; Hashimi
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Islamic History B: From the Crusades to the 'Gunpowder Empires'

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2020
Date Published  2020
Authors  Unknown
Alternate Title  Outline the main religious and political changes brought about by the arrival of the Seljuks into the Muslim world.
Key Words  Seljuks; Muslim world

Negotiating the Racial Boundaries of Khōjā Caste Membership in Late Nineteenth-Century Colonial Zanzibar (1878–1899)

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2014
Date Published  2014
Authors  Akhtar, Iqbal
Original Publication  Journal of Africana Religions, Vol. 2, No. 3 (2014), pp. 297-316
Publisher  Penn State University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/jafrireli.2.3.0297 .
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Florida International University
Key Words  chotara; jotawa; Khōjā; Zanzibar; Ismaili; Ithnā ʿAsharī; Aga Khan; firman; jamat
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The Turkic Dynasties of Ghaznavids and Seljuqs role in Consolidating a Sunni Identity

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2020
Date Published  2020
Authors  Donmez, Adile Sedef
Original Publication  MA Turkish Studies Candidate Number: 602967 Adile Sedef Donmez Assignment 2
Key Words  Turks; Islamic culture; Sunna; Sunni; Orthodoxy; Abbasid Caliphs; Shii Buyids; Ismaili Fatimids; Ismailis; Samarra; Turkish Military Slaves; Chalip al-Mutasim; Mahmud of Ghazna
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Al-‘Aziz bi’llah

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2011
Date Published  2011
Authors  Jiwa, Shainool
Original Publication  Daʼirat al-maʻarif-i buzurg-i Islami, The Encyclopaedia Islamica, Vol 3, p. 988-997 ed. Wilferd Madelung & Farhad Daftary, Brill (London, 2011).
Publisher   2013 The Institute of Ismaili Studies
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Daʼirat al-maʻarif-i buzurg-i Islami, The Encyclopaedia Islamica, Vol 3.
Key Words  Al-‘Aziz bi’llah Abu Mansur Nizar b. Abu Tamim Ma‘add al-Mu‘izz li-Din Allah; the fifth Fatimid imam-caliph; Egypt. the Fatimids; Mediterranean Empire; Byzantine; Abbasid; Andalusian Umayyad
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The Effects of Succession Crisis between Bayezid II and Cem Sultan on Ottoman Foreign Policy

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2017
Date Published  2017
Authors  Demirtaş, Dücane
Alternate Title  The Effects of Succession Crisis between Bayezid II and Cem Sultan on Ottoman Foreign Policy in 15th century and Barak’s Reports as a Part of Events
Key Words  Bayezid I; Ottoman; Ankara battle; beyliks; Seyh Bedreddin; Mehmed I; devletin bekas

SECTARIANIST WRITINGS IN ISLAM: PREJUDICE AGAINST THE HASHSHASHIN IN 12TH AND 13TH CENTURY MUSLIM HISTORIOGRAPHY

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2016
Date Published  2016
Authors  Shahid, Natasha
Original Publication  International Journal of Arts & Sciences, CD-ROM. ISSN: 1944-6934 :: 09(03):437–448 (2016)
Publisher  Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Pakistan
Key Words  medieval Muslim historiography; anti-Nizari Isma’ili; Hashshashin; al- Mustansir bi’Allah; Fatimid Empire; Assassins

Taqiyya and Identity in a South Asian Community

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2011
Date Published  2011
Authors  VIRANI, SHAFIQUE N.
Key Words  Guptıs of Bhavnagar; taqiyya; South Asia. Shı‘a; Ithna-asharı; Ismaili; Sunnıs; Ismaili imam; Hindus; Aga Khan; avata’a

Fortresses of the Intellect Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2011
Date Published  2011
Authors  Alí-de-Unzaga,Omar
Publisher  I.B.Tauris Publishers LONDON • NEW YORK in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies London
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in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies
210 Euston Road, London NW1 2DA
ISBN/ISSN Number  978 1 84885 626 4
Key Words  Bibliography
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A Short History of the Ismailis Traditions of a Muslim Community

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  1998
Date Published  1998
Authors  Daftary, Farhad
Original Publication  A Reading Guide prepared by Aleem Karmali for the Department of Community Relations, 2012
Publisher  A Reading Guide prepared by Aleem Karmali for the Department of Community Relations, 2012
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Edinburgh University Press, 1998
Key Words  Ismailis; Shi‘i Muslim; Islamic civilisation; Ismaili teachings and practices; Ismaili history and thought

A teaching and learning guide for: “A survey of Ismaili studies Part 1” and “A survey of Ismaili studies Part 2”

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2016
Date Published  2016
Authors  Andani,Khalil
Original Publication  Religion Compass 2016; 10: 283–291 wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/rec3 © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd 283
Key Words  Ismailis; Shi‘i Islam; religious authority; ‘ulama; divinely inspired knowledge; Ali b. Abi Talib; Imamat. Ithna Asharis; Zaydis

The Egyptian Art of the Tiraz in Fatimid Times

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2020
Date Published  2020
Authors  O’Kane, Bernard
Key Words  Egyptian Art; Tirazan Fatmid times; flax; linen; textile industry;

Beyond the Qur’ān: Early Ismaʿīlī Taʾwīl and the Secrets of the Prophets

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2018
Date Published  2018
Authors  Andani, Khalil
Original Publication  Khalil Andani (2018): Beyond the Qur’ān: Early Ismaʿīlī Taʾwīl and the Secrets of the Prophets, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2018.1433369
Publisher  David Hollenberg, Columbia, University of South Carolina Press, 2016, 192 pp., $44.99
ISBN/ISSN Number  9781611176780
Key Words  Doctrines of Shi‘i Ismaili Muslims; Ismailism’s socio-political activities; Fatimid era; Nizari state of Alamut; taʾwīl

THE FATIMID HOLY CITY: REBUILDING JERUSALEM IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2017
Date Published  2017
Authors  PRUITT, JENNIFER
Original Publication  THE MEDIEVAL GLOBE Volume 3.2 | 2017
Pagination  35-56
Publisher  THE MEDIEVAL GLOBE Volume 3.2 | 2017
ISBN/ISSN Number  2377-3561
Key Words  Abbasid; Fatimid; Abbasid-era Jerusalem; Fatimid dynasty; al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah; Holy Sepulchre; al-Zahir; Haram al- Sharif
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