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| SHAH DIDAR JO PANJO By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali | The word shah didar or shah’jo didar means may (you bless with) Lord’s glimpse. Its noun becomes Shah Didar jo Panjo means the palm and fingers for the didar of the Lord. |
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| Sectarian References of Political Position of Nizārī Ismāʿīlīs in 11th and 12th centuries | Reinterpretation of Quran and hadith, both of which had been mainly seen two basic sources of Islam, was a critical issue of the late 8th century when the last tabiins were died. | Islam, Reinterpretation, Quran and hadith, tabiins, Zoroastrian culture, Hellenistic culture of Near East, Banu Hashim, Banu Umayya, Mecca, Uthman, Muaviye, caliphate of Ali, Hashimi | |
| SECTARIANIST WRITINGS IN ISLAM: PREJUDICE AGAINST THE HASHSHASHIN IN 12TH AND 13TH CENTURY MUSLIM HISTORIOGRAPHY | This paper seeks to present a review and analysis of medieval Muslim historiography – especially that originating in what constitutes modern-day Iran, Iraq, and Syria, or the-then Seljuk Empire – with exclusive reference to its anti-Nizari Isma’ili content. | medieval Muslim historiography, anti-Nizari Isma’ili, Hashshashin, al- Mustansir bi’Allah, Fatimid Empire, Assassins | |
| Studying Isma‘ili Texts in Eleventh-Century Shiraz: al-Mu'ayyad and the “Conversion” of the Buyid Amir Abu Kalijar | As a key primary source for the history of the eleventh-century Isma‘ili majlis, the Fatimid chief missionary al-Mu’ayyad fi al-Din al-Shirazi’s autobiographical Sira offers a prime opportunity to consider the application of centralizing features of the Fatimid state in eleventh-century Buyid Shiraz | Fatimid Isma‘ili da‘wa. | |
| Salah al-Din and Syrian Assassins | Since ancient times in the East lots of religio-philosophical and mystical sects have been established, but most of them collapsed and disappeared during the centuries. The Islamic era was not an exception. | Syrian Assassins | |
| Satpanth Literature in Khojki Manuscripts | By Mumtaz Ali Tajddin Sadiq Ali
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| Some Guidelines for Cataloguing Khojki Manuscripts | By Dr Ali S. Asani, Associate Professor of Indo-Muslim culture, Harvard University The following are some of the guidelines used to catalogue the collection of Ismaili literature in Indic languages found in the Harvard university library. |