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| The Effects of Succession Crisis between Bayezid II and Cem Sultan on Ottoman Foreign Policy | After the era of Bayezid I who first left Ottoman gradual conquest policy that depended on negotiation and compromise with both local and imperial powers rather than direct centralized authority belonging to Sultan’s initiative, Ottomans faced first interregnum period in which each successor tried to gain power in their regions because of the defeat of Bayezid I in Ankara battle. | The Effects of Succession Crisis between Bayezid II and Cem Sultan on Ottoman Foreign Policy | |
| English and the transnational Ismaili Muslim community: Identity, the Aga Khan, and infrastructure | The adoption of English as the official language of the transnational Ismaili Muslim community has its roots in the British Raj, which provides the backdrop for recent Ismaili history. Yet it is the Aga Khan IV, spiritual leader of the community since 1957, who has most avidly pushed English as part of a ‘language policy’. | English and the transnational Ismaili Muslim community: Identity, the Aga Khan, and infrastructure | |
| Epistle of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Amir (`Al-Hidaya Al Amiriyya'--Its Date and Its Purpose) | This is a PDF scan of the Article from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society ( JRAS) written by Stern. You can download the document from the link below. | Epistle of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Amir (`Al-Hidaya Al Amiriyya'--Its Date and Its Purpose) | |
| Expedition to Khorassan | (Following is a brief provisional report of the Expedition to Khorassan in 1967 by Mr. Peter Willey regarding the Ismaili Forts and throwing light upon the Nizari Ismailis - their movements and achievements) 1. OBJECTS OF THE EXPEDITION. (a) General Background: | Expedition to Khorassan | |
| The Egyptian Art of the Tiraz in Fatimid Times | Known as the “granary” of Rome in Pre-Islamic times, Egypt’s fertile agrarian base also enabled it to be the pre-eminent grower of flax in pre-modern times. In the Mediterranean and beyond, the country was by far the largest producer of linen, a commodity so vital that it not merely underpinned the textile industry but was also the linchpin of the whole economy.1 Most surviving Egyptian textiles are made of linen, twenty-two varieties of which are known from the Geniza docu ments.2 Linen, | The Egyptian Art of the Tiraz in Fatimid Times | |
| The Entanglement of the Ginans in Khoja Governance | The disputes amongst the Khojas regarding the payment of dues, the use of common property, the management of the community came under the jurisdiction of the civil courts. This treatment of Khojas under the civil court has two genealogies, (1) the conception of colonial religious groups and (2) the secularization of state rule. I shall discuss these briefly below and then we will go on to the manner in which the Ginan were employed in this discussion | The Entanglement of the Ginans in Khoja Governance | |
| The Entanglement of the Ginans in Khoja Governance | The disputes amongst the Khojas regarding the payment of dues, the use of common property, the management of the community came under the jurisdiction of the civil courts. This treatment of Khojas under the civil court has two genealogies, (1) the conception of colonial religious groups and (2) the secularization of state rule. I shall discuss these briefly below and then we will go on to the manner in which the Ginan were employed in this discussion | The Entanglement of the Ginans in Khoja Governance | |
| The Extent of Our Ginanic Literature | By Alwaez rai Abualy A. Aziz | The Extent of Our Ginanic Literature |
