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A’am al-fil 1
A’am al-Hazan 1
A’am al-Ja’ma 1
A’min 1
Abad 1
Abbassids 133
M. Abdus Salam 3
Ab-i-Shafa 4
Abjad 6
Ablution see Wuzu 7
Abortion see Isqat 7
Abstinence see Taqwa 7
Abu Abdullah as-Shii 7
Abu Ali Sina 8
Abu Hakim ar-Razi 11
Abu Yaqub as-Sijistani 11
M. Abul Hasan Ali 12
Abu Hasan Shah, Pir 15
M. Abuzar Ali 16
Adl 17
Adultery see Hudud 17
M. Aga Ali Shah 18
Aga Jhang Shah 19
Aga Khan Academy 19
Aga Khan Award for Architecturesee AKDN 21
Aga Khan Case 1866 20
AKDN 21
Aga Khan (Title of) 29
Ahad al-Muwakhat 33
Ahl al-Bayt 33
Ahl al-Dhimma 34
Ahl al-Sunna see Sunnis 590
Aiglemont 38
Ajam 38
Akhira 39
Akhlaq 45
M. Ala Mohammad 46
A’lam 47
Alamut 48
M. Alauddin Mohammad 50
M. Ali bin Abu Talib 54
Alids 57
Aligarh University 57
Alkab (pl. of Lakab) 59
All India Muslim Educational Conference see Aligarh Univ. 57
All India Muslim League 61
Allah 62
Allah Tohar 63
Aly Salomone Khan, Prince 63
Amir al-Umra 65
Amr 65
Amyn Mohammad, Prince 65
Angel see Malaik380
Ansar 65
Apostle see Nabi and Rasul
Aqaba 66
Aql 67
Arab 67
Arbitration Board see Conciliation and Arbitration Board 107
Arsh 68
Asas 68
Asbab al-Nuzul 69
Ashab see Sahaba 539
Ashbab al-Suffa 69
Asma al-Sifat 70
Assassins 70
Auz billah see Tauz 75
Award-Burd 75
Aya 75
Ayat al-Dhurriya 75
Ayat al-Ghadir 76
Ayat al-Kursi 77
Ayat al-Mawaddat al-Qurba 78
Ayat al-Mubahila 79
Ayat al-Tabligh see ayat al-Ghadir
Ayat al-Tathir 80
Ayat al-Ulul Amr 80
Ayat al-Wilaya 82
Azan 83
Azhar Park 83
Azhar University 84
M. Aziz 85

Bab 88
Backbiting see ghibah 149
Badr, Battle of 72
Bai Budhai 89
Bayat
Balance see mizan 410
Baltit Fort 91
Baraka 92
Bazakh 92
Beej 92
Beglarbegi 93
Berbers 93
Bhagat 94
Bid’a 94
Birth Control see Tahdid al nasl 94
Bismillah 94
Black clothes 95
Bohras see Musta’alins 440
Bribery see suht 583
Burial see kabr 333

Caliph see Kalifa 351
Chand Bibi 98
Chand rat see Lail at-qamar 370
Charity 98
Chhanta 99
Chiragh-I Rawshan 103
Conciliation and Arbitration Board 107
Covenant see Mithaq 108
Cursing see la’n, la’nah 372

Dadu, Syed 109
Dai, Dawa 110
Da’I al-Duat 111
Dajjal 111
Dar al-Hikmah 112
Darkhana 113
Darwish 114
Dasond 114
Dast bosi 116
Dawr-I kashf 117
Dawr-I satr 117
Death see Mawt 394
Devotional Literature 118
Dhikr see Zikr 651
Dhiram 121
Dhuldul 122
Dhulfiqar see Zulfiqar 652
Didar 122
Din 122
Dinar 124
Divorce see Talaq 124
Donation 124
Dower & Dowry 125
Druzes 126
Du’a see Salat 539
Du’a 129
Dunya 129
Durud see Salawat 547

Education see Ilm 219
Eid al-Adha 131
Eid al-Fitr 131
Eid al- Ghadir 131
Eid al-Milad al-Nabi 131
Envy see Hasad 175
Etiquette 132
Evian Conference 134

Fadak 136
Family Planning see Tahdid al-nasl 596
Farman 136
Fasting see Saum 551
Fatimids 136
Fatwa 138
Fa’y 138
Fidai 139
Finality of Prophecy see Khatam al-Nabiyyin 357
Fiqh 140
Firqa 143
Five senses 144
Focus Humanitarian Association 144
Food, lawful & unlawful 145

Gabriel see Jibrail 323
Gambling see Maisir 378
Ghanima 148
M. Gharib Mirza 148
Ghayb 149
Ghibah 149
Ghilman 150
Ginan see Devotional Literature 118
Girdkuh 151
Global Centre for Pluralism 151
God see Allah 62
Grave see Kabr 333
Gupti 151
Guru 152

M. Hadi bin al-Nizar 153
Hadith 155
Hadith al-aman al-ummah 156
Hadith al-Haqq 156
Hadith-I kisa see ayat al-tathir 80
Hadith al-Qudsi 157
Hadith-i Manzila 157
Hadith-i Kirtas 157
Hadith al-Safina 158
Hadith al-Saqlain 158
Hadith al-Tair 158
Hadith al-Yaum al-Dar 158
Hai zinda – Qaim paya 158
Haji Bibi Case 159
Hajj 159
M. Hakim 161
Halal wa Haram 173
Hamiduddin Kirmani 174
Hanif 174
Harb al-fidjar 175
Hasad 175
M. Hasan ala Zikrihi’s Salaam 175
M. Hasan Ali 178
M. Hasan Ali Shah 178
H. Hasan bin Ali bin Abu Talib 184
Hasan bin Muhammad Kiya Buzrug 186
Hasan bin Sabbah 187
Hasan Kabiruddin, Pir 191
Hashish see Assassins 70
Hazar Imam 192
Hazrat 192
Hell see Jahannam 304
Heretics 192
Hidden Ismaili Imams in Dawr-I Satr 192
Hijra 193
Hijrat al-Habashah 194
Hijrati-i Medina 195
Hilal see Lailat-qamar 370
Hilf al-Fudzul 196
Hira 196
History, Historiography, Historians 196
Horse Racing see Sibak al-Khayl 572
Hudaibia, Treaty of 201
Hudud 202
Puishment for murder 203
Punishment of a non-Muslim 203
Punishment for decoity 204
Punishment for theft 204
Punishment for adultery 206
Flogging 206
Stoning to death 206
Accusation of adultery 207
Drunkenness 207
General directions for execution of punishments 208
Hujjat 208
Hujjat Allah 208
Hunayn, Battle of 208
Hur 209
Huruf-i muqattat 210
M. Hussain bin Ali 210
Hypocricy see Munafiqun 432

Ibada 214
Iblis 214
Ibn Hawshab 214
Ibn Sina see Abu ali Sina 8
Idda 215
Ihsan 216
Lima see Fiqh 140
Litihad see Fiqh 140
Ikhwan as-Safa 216
Ilm 219
Imam 219
Imam al-Mubin 223
Imam al-Natiq 224
Imam Begum 225
Imam Mustaqarr wa Mustawda 225
Imam Shah 226
Imam Shahis 227
Imamate Day see Yaum al-Imama 641
Imamate, Doctrine of 230
Iman 231
Imtihan and Ibitila 231
Industrial Promotion Services see AKDN 21
Infallibility of Prophets and Imamas see Masum 389
Infidel see Kafir 334
Inheritance see Miras 402
Institute of Ismaili Studies Ltd 232
Intercession see Shafa’a 556
Ishq 234
Islam 235
M. Islam Shah 236
Islam, Image of in Western Countries 239
Islamic Era (date conversion) 244
Islamic Research Association, Bombay 245
M. Ismail bin Jafar Sadik 245
Ismaili Band 248
Ismaili Centre 251
London, Burnaby, Lisbon, Dubai, Houston, Dushanbe
Ismaili Constitution 253
Ismaili Council see Ismaili Constitution 253
Ismaili Flag 256
Early History 256
Pre-Islamic Period 257
Islamic Period 257
Fatimid Period 259
Alamut Period 261
Post Alamut Period 261
Modern Period 261
Green Colour 264
Red Colour 264
Ismaili Flag and New Ismaili Constitution of 1986
Ismaili Journalism 266
Ismaili Mission Conference 269
Ismaili Rule in Sind and Hind 269
Ismaili Scouts 277
Ismaili Society of Bombay 278
Ismaili Tariqah 278
Ismaili Tariqah and Religious Education Board 280
Recreation Club Institute 280
Ismailia Associations 282
ITREB 284
Ismailia Socio-Economic Conference 284
Ismailis 285
in Syria 285
in Yamen 288
in Iran 289
in Afghanistan 291
in Central Asia 293
in Indo-Pakistan subcontinent 284
in East Africa 295
in Burma 295
in Malaysia 295
in Sri Lanka 296
in Switzerland 296
in United Kingdom 296
in U.S.A. 296
in Canada 297
Ism-I Azam 297
Issqat 298
Istakhbara 298
Ithna Asharites 299

Jafar bin Mansur al-Yamen 302
M. Jafar Sadik 302
Jahannam 304
Jahiliyya 307
Jalal and Jamal 309
M. Jalaluddin Hasan 309
Jamal, Battle of 312
Jamakhana 312
Janna 315
Jawhar as Siqalli 321
Jazia 323
Jibrail 323
Jihad 324
Jinn 327
Jubilee 327
Judgment Day see Akhira and Qayama 39
Jugular Vein 329
Jura 330

Kaba 332
Kabr 333
Kadmus 333
Kafir 334
M. Kahir bin al-Muhhamad 334
Kalam-i Imam-i Moobin 335
Kalam-i Mawla 336
Kalb see Qalb 496
Kalma 337
Kamadia see Mukhi and Kamadia 431
Karamah see mujizah 429
Karim 338
M. Karim al-Husaynni 339
Kawthar 348
Khaibar 348
Khak-i Shafar 349
Khalifa 351
M. Khalilullah Ali I 351
M. Khalilullah Ali II 352
Khamr 355
Khanaqah see Jamatkhana 312
Khanavadan 356
Kharaj 357
Khatam al-Nabiyyin 357
Khidmat see Voluntary Services 628
Khilafat Movement 358
Khoja Panjibahi Club 359
Khoja, meaning of 359
Khojki 360
Khud Shanasi 361
Khuda 361
Khums 361
Khutba 362
Kiya Buzrug Ummid 361
Koran 363
Kul Kamadia 365
Kursi 366

Lady Aly Shah 367
Lail at-Harir 369
Lait at-Qadr 369
Lail at-Qamar 370
Lakab see Alkab 59
Lamassar 372
La’n, La’nah 372
Lauh Mahfuz 373
Legend of Paradise 373
Life 376
Life after Death Akhira 39
Love see Ishq 234

Magrib 377
Mahiz 377
Mahr see Dower-Dowry 125
Mainundiz 378
Mainat al-Uzama 378
Maisar 378
Majalis 379
Malaik 380
M. Mansur 381
Manzil 382
Marriage see Nikah 468
Martyr see Shahid 558
Masha Allah 383
Masiyaf 383
Masjid 383
Masjid, admission of women in, 384
Masjid-i Aqsa 389
Masjid-i Haram 389
Masjid-i Kuba see Masjid 383
Masjid-i Nabwi see Masjid 383
Ma’sum 389
Immunity of Prophets 390
Immunity of Imams 391
Mata Salamat 392
Mata Salamat umm Habibeh 392
Matter and Soul see Ruh wa Ma’da 528
Mauta, Expedition of, 393
Mawali 394
Mawla 394
Mawt 394
Maymun alQaddah 395
Mazhab see Religion 512
Mazhar 396
Mecca 396
Mecca, Conquest of 397
Medina 397
Meditation 398
Menstruation see Mahiz
Micro Finance Bank Ltd 400
Milad Sharif see Eid al-Milad al- Nabi 134
Milla see religion 512
Miracle see Mujizah 429
Miraj 401
Mirath (Inheritance) Law of 402
Missionary see Da’i and Dawa 111
Mithaq see Yaum al-Mithaq 410
Mithaq-i Medina 410
Mizan 410
M. Mohtadi bin al-Hadi 411
Mosque see Masjid 383
Muayyad fid-din as-Shirazi 412
Mubarak 413
Muhajir 413
M. Muhammad al Bakir 414
M. Muhammad al-Mahdi 415
M. Muhammad bin Islam Shah 418
M. Muhammad bien Ismail 419
Muhammad bin Kiya Buzrug Ummid 410
Muhammad Shah Dullah 411
Muhammad, Holy Prophet a.s. 422
Muhammad,the name 427
Muhkam and Mutashabih 427
M. Mu’izz 428
Mujizah 429
Mukhi and Kamadia 431
Mu’min 431
Munafiqun 432
Munajat 432
M. Murad Mirza 437
Mushrik 438
Music 439
Musta’alins 440
M. Mustansir billah I 444
M. Mustansir billah II 446
My Flag see Ismaili Flag

Nabi 449
Na’de Aly 449
Nafs 451
Naharwan, Battle of 452
Najh al-Balagah 453
Najat 454
Namaz see Salat 539
Name 454
Naming the Child 457
Nandi 458
Nagara Khan see Ismaili Band 248
Nasafi, an-Nasafi 459
Nasir Khusaro 450
Nasiruddin Tusi 461
Naskh wa Mansukh 461
Nass 462
Natiqu & Samit 463
Navroz 464
Naw Hisar 466
Nazrana 468
New Moon see Lail at-Qamar 370
Nikah 468
Niyya 470
M. Nizar I 471
M. Nizar II
Noor 476
M. Nuruddin Ali 477

Pandiyat-i Jawan Mardi 479
Pani Company 479
Panjibhai Club see Khoja Panjibhai Club 359
Panjtan-i Pak 481
Parable 481
Paris Conference 482
Poet & Poetry 484
Polygamy see Ta’addud al-Zawjat 591
Predestination see Qadr or Taqdir 489
Pride see Istakhbara 298
Prophet see Nabi 449
Prostration see Sajada 538
Purdah 487

Qadi 489
Qadi Noman 489
Qadr or Taqdir 489
M. Qaim 495
Qaim al-Qiyama see Qiyamat-i Qubra 503
Qalb 496
Qarmatians 498
Qatl al-Nafs 501
Qibla 502
Qiyama see Akhira 39
Qiyamat-i Qubra 504

M. Radi Abullah 505
Radi Allah-o Anho 505
Rahmat Ullah alaihi 506
Rajm see Hudud 202
Ramdeo 202
Rashiduddin Sinan 509
Rasikhun fi’l ilm 511
Rasul see Nabi 449
Recreation Club Institute see Ismaili Tariqah Board 280
Relection 512
Religion 512
Religion, Freedom of 513
Repentance see Tauba 616
Resurrection see Qiyamah see Akhira 39
Reward and Punishment 519
Riba 522
Banking & Productive Loans 525
Rosary see Sibha 579
Ruh 528
Ruh wa Ma’da 528
M. Ruknuddin Khurshah 528

Sadaqa 533
Saddrudin, Pir 533
Sa’f Safai Committee 537
Sahaba 539
Sahib az-Zaman & Sahib al-Asr 539
Sajada 538
Salat 539
Salat al-Fajr 546
Salat al-Maghrib 546
Salat al-Isha 546
Salawat 547
Salgirah 547
Salla’llahalaihi wa sallam 548
Salvation see najat 454
Satan see Shaitan 559
Satara 548
Satgu, Pir 548
Sat Sung 550
Saum 551
M. Sayed Ali 551
Seal of Prophecy see Khatimun Nubuwwah 552
Sects see Firqa 143
Self Realization see Khud Shanasi 552
Sermons see Khutba 552
Shab-i Barat 552
Shafa’a 556
Shah Didar 557
Shah Tahir Hussain 557
Shahid 558
Shatan 559
Shams, Pir 559
M. Shamsuddin Muhammad 561
Shariah 564
Shariah, Tariqah, Haqiqah & Marifah 566
Shia 567
Shihabuddin Shah, Pir 569
Shoes Company 570
Shukr 571
Sibak al-Khayl 572
Sibha 579
Siffin, Battle of 579
Sirat al-Mustaqim 581
Sirat Bridge 582
Soul see Ruh 528
Sufi, Sufism 582
Sufra see Thal Sufra 618
Suht 583
Suicide see Qatl al-Nafs 583
Sukrit 583
M. Sultan Muhammad Shah 584
Sunnah 590
Sunnis 590
Sura 590
Sura Bara’at 590

Ta’addud al-Zawjat 591
Tabarra 592
Tabi’r 594
Tabuk, Battle of 594
Tafsir 594
Tahajjud 595
Tahuddi al-Nasl 596
Taj 601
Tajalli 603
Tajudawla, Princess 602
Tajuddin, Pir 603
Takhat Nashini 604
Talaq 605
Talika Mubarak 608
Talim, Doctrine of 608
M. Taqi muhammad 608
Taqiya 610
Taqwa 611
Tarawih 612
Tasbih 612
Tasmiyya see Bismillah 94
Taswir 612
Tauba 616
Tauz 617
Test & Trial see Imtihan & Ibtila 231
Thal Sufra 619
Titles see Alkab 59
Tughra 621

Uhud, Battle of 622
Umar 66
Ummayyad 623
Ummah 623
Ummi 624
Umra 626
Ushr 626
Usul’i din & Furu’i din 626
Usury see Riba 522
Uthman 626

Vakil 628
Voluntary Services 628
M. Wafi Ahmad 631
Wahy 633
Walidan 633
Wasila 634
Waswasah 635
Wine see Khamr 355
Wuzu 636

Ya Ali Madad 638
Yaqub bin Killis 639
Yasmin, Princess 639
Yaum al-Imama 641
Yaum al-Mithaq 642
Yaumi Ali 642
Yerawada Palace 643
Yoga 644

M. Zahir 645
Zakat 647
Zamana Gallery 647
Zamzam 648
M. Zaynal Abidin 648
Zikr 651
Zulfikar 652
M. Zulfikarali 652


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