PANDIYAT-I JAWANMARDI OR “ADVICES OF MANLINESS” BY W. IVANOW
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The period of Imamate of Imam Mustansirbillah saw the demise of Pir Hassan Kabirdeen and also that of Pir Tajuddin, the latter's death recorded as a consequence of assault by some unsrupulous followers in India. The literary text of Pandiyati Jawanmardi was written by Imam Mustansirbillah, during a time when many Ismailis had to once again observe the practice of taqiya.
Pir Pindiyat-i Jawan-mardi" is the only book given the title of PIR. These are the farameen of Imam Mustansiribillah II - This books hold the law and guidance for the Ismaili Jamat.
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PANDIYAT-I JAWANMARDI - TRANSLATION.
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
(Scribe's Prefatorial Note):
(This book, full of wisdom and mercy, the Pandiyat-i Jawanmardi, i.e. "Advices of
Manliness," contains only the farmans, instructions, mercifully bestowed by Mawlana Imam
Mustansir bi'llah the Second. Mawlana the Imam, at the time of his Imamat, appointed this
book as his "proof" (hujjat) in the community of his followers, he, Mawlana, only he
sufficient for us!
Copied from an old manuscript, coming from Tung, in the "abode of khilafat" Sarikol, which,
on account of its antiquity, has lost some lines at the beginning and the end.)
... .eternally. Amen.