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THE ISMAILI SOCIETY - SERIES B. NO. 6

SIX CHAPTERS or Shish Fasl - also called Rawshana'i-nam - by Nasir-i Khusraw

Persian Text, edited and translated into English, by W.Ivanow (Formerly Assistant Keeper, The Asiatic Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.)

1949 - Published for the Ismaili Society by E.J.Brill, Oude Rijn, Leiden, Holland.

(Edited for the "Ismaili Society" by W. Ivanow, Printed by V.N.Hooda at The Ismaili P.Press, Bhimpura, Dongri St. Bombay 9, and el Katib el Misri Press, Cairo. Copies printed: 1,000)

Analysis of the text with regard to the question of its genuineness. Its position among the works of Nasir-i Khusraw and Fatimid literature in general. Summary of the contents, peculiarities of the doctrine, and possible sources.