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Ismaili Ideas in the Egyptian Poetry of the Fatimid Period - Review

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Ismaili Ideas in the Egyptian Poetry of the Fatimid Period.
Publication Type  Book Review
Year of Publication  Submitted
Authors  Ivanow, Wladimir.
Original Authors  M. Kamil HUSSEIN
Key Words  English; Full Text Online

Glimpses of Islam - Review

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Glimpses of Islam
Publication Type  Book Review
Year of Publication  Submitted
Authors  M.H.
Original Authors  Agha Khan; Dr. Zaki Ali
Key Words  Full Text Online; English

The `Das Avatara' of Satpanthi Ismailis and Imam Shahis of Indo-Pakistan.

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Das Avtar - Motto
Publication Type  Thesis
Year of Publication  1972
Authors  Khakee, Gulshan.
University  Harvard University
Key Words  English; Bibliography
Notes  

The entire Thesis can now be downloaded - see links below the text. The first part contains the 60 pages introduction to the work, a must read.

This thesis contains a transliteration and a translation of the Das Avatara of Imam Shah ; Dr Gulshan Khakee died of cancer in Bombay at the age of 58, Saturday January 12, 2002. She graduated in teacher training in Nairobi where she taught at the AK Girl School and at the Kenya High School. She did her M.A. at Trinity College in Dublin - Ireland and her PhD. at Harvard in 1972.

Gulshan Khakee should be credited for collecting the manuscripts and books now in the Khojki collection of Harvard (catalogued by Ali Asani) While on a research tour in 1988, the Kaka of Pirana told us that he remembered when she came to visit Pirana and they gave her themanuscript of Das Avatar she had taken to Harvard.

She was among the pioniers of Ginanic research and some of her works are listed here. ; DETAILS: "The `Das Avatara' of Satpanthi Ismailis and Imam Shahis of Indo-Pakistan." Ph.D. diss., Harvard University, 1972. [Contains a transliteration and translation of the Das Avatara of Imam Shah from a manuscript dated 1736AD.] She offered a copy of her Thesis to The Heritage Society on 20th January 1991. She was one of our lecturesr at the SOS Khojki Conference organized in Toronto by the Ismaili Heritage Society now on www.ismaili.net.

The Aga Khan and his Ancestors

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  1939
Authors  Dumasia, Navoroji M.
Volume and Pages  SERIES: Times of India Press ; PAGES: 375 pp.
Place  Bombay
Key Words  English; Bibliography
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DETAILS: The Aga Khan and his Ancestors - A Bibliographical and Historical Sketch. Bombay: Times of India Press, 1939. 375 pp.

The Beginnings of Ismaili Dawa in Northern India

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  1956
Authors  Hamdani, Abbas.
Place  Cairo
Key Words  English; Bibliography
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DETAILS: The Beginnings of Ismaili Dawa in Northern India. Cairo, 1956.

A Fatimid Decree of the Year 524 AH/1130 AD

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  1960
Authors  Stern, S. M.
Journal Title  Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Volume  XXIII
Volume and Pages  30 pages
Edition  1960
Publisher  Luzac
Key Words  English; Bibliography
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DETAILS: "A Fatimid Decree of the Year 524 AH/1130 AD," B.S.O.A.S. XXIII (1960): 439-455.

Ismailism in Multan and Sind

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  1975
Authors  Khan, Ansar Zahid.
Volume and Pages  SERIES: Journal of the Pakistan Hist. Society ; VOLUME: XXIII
Key Words  English; Bibliography
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DETAILS: "Ismailism in Multan and Sind," Journal of the Pakistan Hist. Society XXIII (1975): 36-57.

Réflexion Sur L'Imâmat De Melchisédech Et Tèrah.

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  1984
Authors  Tajdin, Nagib.
Place  Montréal
Key Words  French; Full Text Online
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DETAILS: "Réflexion Sur L'Imâmat De Melchisédech Et Tèrah." Montréal, 1984.

Les idées philosophiques et religieuses de l'Ismaélisme fatimide--(organisation et doctrine).

Publication Type  Thesis
Year of Publication  1972
Authors  Feki, Habib.
City  Paris
Key Words  French; Bibliography
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Thèse de doctorat d'Etat ès Lettres ; DETAILS: "Les idées philosophiques et religieuses de l'Ismaélisme fatimide--(organisation et doctrine)." Thèse de doctorat d'Etat ès Lettres, Paris, 1972. Disponible en format PDF pour lecture. (Voir ci-dessous)

Explication des vertus de la Connaissance dans le Kalâm-Maulâ un texte ismaélien fondamental - Sufi Movement and Pakistan

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  In Press
Authors  Surani, Iqbal.; Kemal Hasan
Key Words  English; French; Full Text Online
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Sufi Movement and Pakistan by: Kemal Hasan ; DETAILS: "Explication des vertus de la Connaissance dans le Kalâm-Maulâ un texte ismaélien fondamental"

Isma'iliyya

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  In Press
Authors  Madelung, Wilferd.
Volume and Pages  SERIES: s.v. ; VOLUME: E.I. (new) IV ; PAGES: pp. 198-206; pp. 206-215
Key Words  English; French; Full Text Online
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DETAILS: "Isma'iliyya," s.v., E.I. (new) IV. English, pp. 198-206; French, pp. 206-215.

Kosmologie und Heilslehre der fr&hen Ismailiya - eine studie zur islamischen Gnosis,

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  1978
Authors  Halm, Heinz.
Volume and Pages  SERIES: Z.D.M.G.
Key Words  Russian; Full Text Online
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DETAILS: "Kosmologie und Heilslehre der fr&hen Ismailiya - eine studie zur islamischen Gnosis," Z.D.M.G. (1978).

Ismailis in Russia

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  In Press
Authors  Ivanow, Wladimir.
Volume and Pages  SERIES: Imamat I ; VOLUME: no. 2 ; PAGES: 39-42
Key Words  English; Full Text Online
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DETAILS: "Ismailis in Russia," in Imamat I, no. 2 (November 1956): 39-42.

Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 1997 Edition

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  1997
Authors  Butler, John Sibley
Edition  1997 Edition.
Key Words  English; Full Text Online
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DETAILS: Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 1997 Edition.

Introduction to Chogadiya Ginans

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  In Press
Authors  Tajddin, Mumtaz Ali
Key Words  English; Full Text Online
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Introduction to Chogadiya Ginans ; DETAILS: Introduction to Chogadiya Ginans

Throne of Gold: The Lives of the Aga Khans

Publication Type  Book
Year of Publication  In Press
Authors  Edward, Anne.
Publisher  Fellow of Selwyn College Cambridge
Key Words  English; Full Text Online
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DETAILS: Throne of Gold: The Lives of the Aga Khans.

A Scent of Sandalwood: Indo-Ismaili Religious Lyrics - Review

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A Scent of Sandalwood: Indo-Ismaili Religious Lyrics
Publication Type  Book Review
Year of Publication  2002
Authors  Steigerwald, Diana
Publisher  Curzon Press
Key Words  French; Full Text Online
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DETAILS: A Scent of Sandalwood: Indo-Ismaili Religious Lyrics, Richmond (Surrey), Curzon Press, 2002.

The Hidden Imams of the Ismailis

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  1969
Authors  Makarem, Sami Nasib.
Volume and Pages  SERIES: Al-Abhath ; VOLUME: XXI ; PAGES: 23-37
Key Words  English; Full Text Online
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DETAILS: "The Hidden Imams of the Ismailis," Al-Abhath XXI (1969): 23-37.

An Ismaili Interpretation of the `Gulshani Raz'

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  1932
Authors  Ivanow, Wladimir.
Volume and Pages  SERIES: J.B.B.R.A.S. n.s. ; VOLUME: VIII ; PAGES: 69-78
Key Words  English; Full Text Online
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DETAILS: "An Ismaili Interpretation of the `Gulshani Raz'," J.B.B.R.A.S. n.s. VIII (1932): 69-78.

Ismailis Through History

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  1997
Authors  Tajddin, Mumtaz Ali
Publisher  Islamic book Publisher
Place  Karachi
Key Words  English; Full Text Online
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DETAILS: "Ismailis Through History" Mumtaz Ali Tajddin Sadiq Ali, Islamic book Publisher,Karachi, Jan 1997


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