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EJI TAMAKU’N SADHAR’E SO DIN BAHOTAJ By: Mumtaz Tali Tajddin S. Ali mumtaztajddin@yahoo.
After the fall of the Alamut in 1256, Imam Shamsuddin Muhammad (d. 1310) went to Azerbaijan, where he and his successor, Imam Kassim Shah (d. 1370) passed normal lives in simplicity. Imam Islam Shah (d. 1423), the next Imam was first to be born in Azerbaijan.
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EJI NAVROZ’NA DEEN SOHAMANNA By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali
EJI NAVROZ’NA DEEN SOHAMANNA
By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali
mumtaztajddin@yahoo.com
Eji Navroz’na deen sohamanna, Shah Ali Qaim shikar ramava’ne van gaya,
sevak’na m’n thaya uda’si, prann Ali charann’e rahiya (1)
“Navroz is a magnificent day (when) the Everlasting Lord Ali proceeded to woods on hunting spree. (Knowing it), the heart of the servant deemed forlorn, and (his) soul stuck at the footprint of Lord Ali’s feet.”
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Girbhavali by Pir Sadruddin (Transliteration, translation and explanation)
Publication Type | Journal Article | |
Year of Publication | 2022 | |
Authors | Tajddin, Mumtaz Ali | |
Key Words | Girbhavali; Pir Sadardin; Granth; Ginan; creation |
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Shii Studies Review 2
Publication Type | Book | |
Year of Publication | 2018 | |
Authors | Shafique N. Virani | |
Editor | Hassan Ansari , Sabine Schmidtke | |
Key Words | Ismaili; Alamut; Qasim Tushtari; Hasan-i sabbah; Ginan |
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1 ISMAILI PIRS, VAKILS & SAYEDS OF SOUTH ASIAN REGIONS
Publication Type | Book | |
Year of Publication | 2015 | |
Authors | Tajddin Sadiq Ali, Mumtaz Ali | |
Editor | Daredia | |
Short Title | Ismaili Pirs, Vakils and Seyyeds | |
City | Mumbai | |
Publisher | Daredia | |
Volume and Pages | 94 | |
Original Language | English | |
Key Words | Pir; Vakil; Seyyed. Syed. Sayyed; Ismaili; Ginan; Dadu; Bawa |
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Has Kalki Already Appeared as ʿAlī? The Influence of Hindu Beliefs on the Nizārī Ismaili Khojas
The Historical Interaction of Hinduism and Islam since the seventh century has witnessed periods of cooperation and syncretism. In this sense the Khojas, who were the main representatives of Nizārī Ismaili thought in India, are a unique model as they were influenced by Hindu customs and beliefs, particularly Vaishnava terminologies. For instance, the Hindu concept of Kalki avatara, the messianic tenth incarnation of Vishnu, renamed in this tradition as Nakalanki, ‘the stainless one’, was identified with ʿAlī, the first Shiite Imam.
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Has Kalki Already Appeared as ʿAlī? The Influence of Hindu Beliefs on the Nizārī Ismaili Khojas
Publication Type | Article | |
Year of Publication | 2017 | |
Date Published | 2017 | |
Authors | KUTLUTURK, Cemil | |
Original Publication | Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies Winter 2017 . Vol. X . No. 1 | |
Volume | Vol X | |
Issue | No. 1 | |
Publisher | Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies Winter 2017 . Vol. X . No. 1 | |
Key Words | Ginan; Hindu-Muslim interaction; India; imamah; Nizārī Ismaili Khojas; Shi‘a; syncretism. |
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Avichal Allah, Avichal Khalaq
Publication Type | Translation | |
Year of Publication | 1993 | |
Authors | Tajddin Sadiq Ali, Mumtaz Ali | |
Length/Size | 11 pages | |
Key Words | Pir sadardin; ginan; meaning; avichal allal; ismaili; translation |
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Observation and Comments on our Modern Ginanic Literature 1979-02-25
Publication Type | Book | |
Year of Publication | 1980 | |
Authors | ismailia-Association | |
Short Title | Our Modern Ginanic Litterature | |
Publisher | H.H. The Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismailia Association for Canada | |
Length/Size | Around 200 pages | |
Volume and Pages | Part 1 | |
Key Words | Ismailia Association; Paris; Conference; 1975; review; nairobi; 1980 changes; ginan |
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The Vedas as Sources of Satpanthi Ismaili Ginan Literature - Full Text
INTRODUCTION
This is a unique work on the Vedas as sources for Sathpanthi Ginans. The article was prepared by late Dr Gulshan Khakee, a pioneer Ismaili Scholar from Harvard.
Preface by Heritage Admin:
I read her Thesis on Das Avatara in the late 1970s’ and while searching for Manuscript in Gujarat in 1988, the “Mota Kaka”, the leaders of the Imam Shahis in Pirana told me that she came in the early 1970s’ to visit and was a dedicated researcher, they gave her a manuscript of the “Anant Akhado.”
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Dr Gulshan Khakee
Posted January 6th, 2011 by heritageDr Gulshan Khakee was among the pioniers of Ginanic research.
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.
Thesis: "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.] read the Thesis here: http://ismaili.net/heritage/node/29102
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0743-BAHOT BARSO KE BAAD MEIN TANGA JK -
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0735-GINAN - 1989
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0733-CHOGADIA - 1982
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