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A petition to a woman at the Fatimid court

The Genizah of the Ben Ezra synagogue in Fustat preserved dozens of petitions addressed to the Fatimid and Ayyubid chanceries in Cairo and decrees that they issued in response. This article provides an edition, translation, and discussion of a petition housed among the Genizah documents of the Bodleian Library directed to Sitt al-Mulk, half-sister of the caliph alh˙ākim (386–411/996–1021) and head of the Fatimid state between his death and her own 414/1023.

PAAR KARO BEDA GUR’JI By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali

Who were Mast Hussaini & Pir Adam Shah?

The poem/ginan, Paar Karo Beda Gur’ji was published by Mukhi Laljibhai Devraj (1842-1930) in Bhag 1 of the 600 ginans in 1903. Later, the Recreation Club Institute republished it in 1934 in Bhag 3 of 600 ginans. It is however an unaccountable enigma that who was its composer? Its composer is shown as Mast Hussaini (Hussain, the intoxicated, carefree), who implores to his Guru, Pir Adam Shah. Its authenticity being an authoritative ginan is entirely doubtful on multiple grounds.

Pandavo no Parab - An Unpublished Granth

By Nazim Daredia

THE WORK:

This Granth, also known as Pandave jo Parab, was composed by Sayyed Imam Shah and contains 578 verses. It has virtually the same theme as Buddh Avatar of Pir Sadardin. The Granth continues the story of the Pandavas after the win the war against their cousins turned enemies the Kurus. Concurrently it narrates the coming of the ninth Avatar in the form which came to be known as Buddh who saves the Pandavas from deviating from their true faith.

PREVIOUS EDITIONS:

Pensée pour l'éblouissant Golden Jubilee Darbar de Paris

11 Decembre2008-11 décembre 2009

Que brille toujours la Lumière Noor de Mowla projetée par le prisme du Darbar Deedar sur l’ Arc-en ciel fraternel sans frontières !

Voilà un an, on célébrait le dernier Darbar du Golden Jubilee au cœur de Paris.

Persecutions against Ismaʿili Missionaries in Central Asia: The Case of Nāser Khosrow

Local governors in Central Asia persecuted Ismaʿili missionaries (dāʿis) since the early years of Ismaʿili activity there. The rise of the Fatimid State, from the tenth century onwards, encouraged the activity of those missionaries who were receiving support from the Fatimids, leading to increased persecutions of Ismaʿilis in Iraq and the eastern provinces of the Abbasid Caliphate.This study will deal with the activity of those missionaries and the difficulties and persecutions that they faced, with a focus on the case of the dāʿi Nāser Khosrow (1004–1088/394–481) in Central Asia.

PIR HASAN KABIRDIN The Saviour of countless souls
Portrait Ismaili Pir Hassan Kabirdin

“Pir Hasan Kabirdin, The Saviour of countless souls” volume 12 - English & French pdf Nargis Mawjee Printed in Canada © 2023

Born in Sabzwar, Persia, Pir Hasan Kabirdin– also known by the name of Pir Hasan Shah – was the 27th Pir since Prophet Muhammad according to our previous dû’â, and the eldest son of Pir Sadardin.

ENGLISH:

Genealogy of Pir Hasan Kabirdin - Chart page 3
Biography with the story of the famous Turban page 4-5
Farmân by Mawlana Islam Shah to Pir Hasan Kabirdin when Imam was giving him the throne of Pirâtan page 5

PIR NASIR KHUSARO(1004-1088)

PIR NASIRKHUSARO(1004-1088)

By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali
mumtaztajddin@yahoo.com

The word tradition is derived from the Latin tradere means to transmit or hand over
for safekeeping. It is also said, it comes from the Latin word traditio via French the
noun from the verb tradere means to transmit or hand over. The transmission of
beliefs, behaviors and customs pass down from generation to generation. It is a long
established a way of thinking, behaving or following something that has been used

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL ISMAILI STUDIES CONFERENCE

Attendance at the Second International Ismaili Studies Conference was an act of courage for some of its participants. They had been concerned that they would be breaking an unwritten rule by being present at an event on Ismaili Studies that was organized independently of established Ismāʿīlī (Nizārī, Mustaʿlī, Druze etc.) institutions. Some institutional employees who were interested in attending had found themselves considering whether the conference was an “approved” gathering.

Proposal to Encode the Khojki Script in ISO/IEC 10646

Full text can be downloaded from the pdf attachment below.

Contents

Proposal Summary Form i

1 Introduction 1

2 Background 1

3 Characters Proposed 4

3.1 Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2 Basis for Character Set and Glyph Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.3 Characters Not Proposed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

4 TheWriting System 7

The Philosophical Significance of the Imam in Isma'ilism

While the Sunnis believe in five pillars in Islam, the Isma'ilis raise them to seven. Al-Qadi an-Nu'man devoted the first volume of his famous book Da'a'im al-Islam to the description of these pillars and an elaboration of them. The first of these seven pillars, as al-Qadi an-Nu'man mentions, is Faith (Iman). He also calls it walaya, which means allegiance or devotion. The other six are successively Ritual Purification (tahara), prayer (salat), Alms Tax (zakat), Fasting (sawm), Pilgrimage (hajj), and Holy War (jihad).

The Prophetic Figure of Adam in the Fatimid Tradition

In this monograph prepared in 1991 for presentation at the SOS Khojki Conference organised by the Heritage Society, Professor Shin Nomoto discusses the role of Adam in history from the point of view of two sources of Fatimid Origin:

1) From the Kitak al-Riyad of Da'i Hami al-Din Khirmani(d.1021AD) with reference to the debate on Adam's Prophecy by Abu Hatim al-razi (d.935) and Abu Yaqub Sijistani.

2) The second sources used in this monograph is from the 13th Century Tayyibi Da'i husayn b. Ali b. Muhammad b. al-Walid (d.1298)

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