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The Dhimmis and their Role in the Administration of the Fatimid State

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2016
Date Published  2016
Authors  Kharanbeh, Dr. Saleh; Hamad, Dr. Muhammad
Original Publication  International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol. 6, No. 2; February 2016
Key Words  The Dhimmis; Fatimid State; Islamic history; Islamic civilization
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VERNACULAR SCRIPTS OF THE INDUS VALLEY AND BEYOND

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2016
Date Published  2016
Authors  Shackle,, Christopher
Original Publication  THE ELIOT ROOM, BRITISH LIBRARY CONFERENCE CENTRE LONDON
Alternate Title  Personal Reflections and Observations on the Indus Valley Scripts
Publisher  THE ELIOT ROOM, BRITISH LIBRARY CONFERENCE CENTRE LONDON
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An Anthropological Perspective on the Khūdāwādī script
The unexplained sectarian nature of the revolts of the Tughluq Era in Medieval Sindh
Manuscripts in Khojki Sindhi Script: A State of the Art
Preliminary observations on the British Library's Khojki manuscript from Zanzibar
Key Words  Indus Valley Scripts; Khudawadi script; Tughluq Era in Medieval Sindh; Khojki Sindhi Script; Khojki manuscript from Zanzibar
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Les manuscrits du sud de la vallée de l’Indus en écriture khojkī sindhī

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2016
Date Published  2016
Authors  Bhalloo, Zahir; Akhtar, Iqbal
Original Publication  ASIA 2018; 72(2): 319–338
Key Words  manuscripts; khojkī sindhī script; Khojas; āghā khān; satpanth
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Sectarian References of Political Position of Nizārī Ismāʿīlīs in 11th and 12th centuries

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2020
Date Published  2020
Authors  Demirtaş, Dücane
Alternate Title  Introductory_Anthology_Paper_on_the_Sect
Key Words  Reinterpretation; Quran and hadith; Islam; tabiins; Zoroastrian culture; Hellenistic culture of Near East; Banu Hashim; Banu Umayya; Mecca; Uthman; Muaviye; caliphate of Ali; Hashimi
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The Turkic Dynasties of Ghaznavids and Seljuqs role in Consolidating a Sunni Identity

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2020
Date Published  2020
Authors  Donmez, Adile Sedef
Original Publication  MA Turkish Studies Candidate Number: 602967 Adile Sedef Donmez Assignment 2
Key Words  Turks; Islamic culture; Sunna; Sunni; Orthodoxy; Abbasid Caliphs; Shii Buyids; Ismaili Fatimids; Ismailis; Samarra; Turkish Military Slaves; Chalip al-Mutasim; Mahmud of Ghazna
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Al-‘Aziz bi’llah

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2011
Date Published  2011
Authors  Jiwa, Shainool
Original Publication  Daʼirat al-maʻarif-i buzurg-i Islami, The Encyclopaedia Islamica, Vol 3, p. 988-997 ed. Wilferd Madelung & Farhad Daftary, Brill (London, 2011).
Publisher   2013 The Institute of Ismaili Studies
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Daʼirat al-maʻarif-i buzurg-i Islami, The Encyclopaedia Islamica, Vol 3.
Key Words  Al-‘Aziz bi’llah Abu Mansur Nizar b. Abu Tamim Ma‘add al-Mu‘izz li-Din Allah; the fifth Fatimid imam-caliph; Egypt. the Fatimids; Mediterranean Empire; Byzantine; Abbasid; Andalusian Umayyad
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SECTARIANIST WRITINGS IN ISLAM: PREJUDICE AGAINST THE HASHSHASHIN IN 12TH AND 13TH CENTURY MUSLIM HISTORIOGRAPHY

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2016
Date Published  2016
Authors  Shahid, Natasha
Original Publication  International Journal of Arts & Sciences, CD-ROM. ISSN: 1944-6934 :: 09(03):437–448 (2016)
Publisher  Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Pakistan
Key Words  medieval Muslim historiography; anti-Nizari Isma’ili; Hashshashin; al- Mustansir bi’Allah; Fatimid Empire; Assassins

Taqiyya and Identity in a South Asian Community

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2011
Date Published  2011
Authors  VIRANI, SHAFIQUE N.
Key Words  Guptıs of Bhavnagar; taqiyya; South Asia. Shı‘a; Ithna-asharı; Ismaili; Sunnıs; Ismaili imam; Hindus; Aga Khan; avata’a

Fortresses of the Intellect Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2011
Date Published  2011
Authors  Alí-de-Unzaga,Omar
Publisher  I.B.Tauris Publishers LONDON • NEW YORK in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies London
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in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies
210 Euston Road, London NW1 2DA
ISBN/ISSN Number  978 1 84885 626 4
Key Words  Bibliography
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A Short History of the Ismailis Traditions of a Muslim Community

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  1998
Date Published  1998
Authors  Daftary, Farhad
Original Publication  A Reading Guide prepared by Aleem Karmali for the Department of Community Relations, 2012
Publisher  A Reading Guide prepared by Aleem Karmali for the Department of Community Relations, 2012
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Edinburgh University Press, 1998
Key Words  Ismailis; Shi‘i Muslim; Islamic civilisation; Ismaili teachings and practices; Ismaili history and thought

A teaching and learning guide for: “A survey of Ismaili studies Part 1” and “A survey of Ismaili studies Part 2”

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2016
Date Published  2016
Authors  Andani,Khalil
Original Publication  Religion Compass 2016; 10: 283–291 wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/rec3 © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd 283
Key Words  Ismailis; Shi‘i Islam; religious authority; ‘ulama; divinely inspired knowledge; Ali b. Abi Talib; Imamat. Ithna Asharis; Zaydis

The Egyptian Art of the Tiraz in Fatimid Times

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2020
Date Published  2020
Authors  O’Kane, Bernard
Key Words  Egyptian Art; Tirazan Fatmid times; flax; linen; textile industry;

Beyond the Qur’ān: Early Ismaʿīlī Taʾwīl and the Secrets of the Prophets

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2018
Date Published  2018
Authors  Andani, Khalil
Original Publication  Khalil Andani (2018): Beyond the Qur’ān: Early Ismaʿīlī Taʾwīl and the Secrets of the Prophets, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2018.1433369
Publisher  David Hollenberg, Columbia, University of South Carolina Press, 2016, 192 pp., $44.99
ISBN/ISSN Number  9781611176780
Key Words  Doctrines of Shi‘i Ismaili Muslims; Ismailism’s socio-political activities; Fatimid era; Nizari state of Alamut; taʾwīl

Studying Isma‘ili Texts in Eleventh-Century Shiraz: al-Mu'ayyad and the “Conversion” of the Buyid Amir Abu Kalijar

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2011
Authors  Alexandrin, Elizabeth R.
Original Publication  Iranian Studies, volume 44, number 1, January 2011
Key Words  Isma‘ili Texts in Eleventh-Century; Fatimid Isma‘ili da‘wa

The Qā’im and Qiyāma Doctrines in the Thought of Fāṭimid and Alamūt Ismāʿīlism: The Evolution of a Doctrine

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2012
Date Published  2012
Authors  Pabani, Nadim
Original Publication  MSc Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Graduate School of Literatures, Languages, and Cultures University of Edinburgh
Key Words  Qiyama; Fatimid; Ismāʿīlīs; Ḥasan alā dhikrihi al-salām; declaration
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The Entanglement of the Ginans in Khoja Governance

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2007
Date Published  2007
Authors  Shodhan, Amrita
Original Publication  Matrix Publishing, 169-180
Publisher  Matrix Publishing, 169-180
Key Words  Ginans Ismailis Khojas
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The origins, evolution and decline of the Khojki script

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2015
Date Published  2015
Authors  Bruce, Juan
Publisher  Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master of Arts in Typeface Design, University of Reading, 2015.
Key Words  Khojki Script Khojas Ismailis Aga Khan Case

The Ismaili "Ginan" Tradition from the Indian Subcontinent

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2004
Date Published  2004
Authors  Gillani, Karim
Original Publication  Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 2 (December 2004), pp. 175-185
Alternate Title  The Ismaili Ginan Tradition from the Indian Subcontinent
Publisher  Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA)
Key Words  Ginans Ismaili Jamat Khana

Circulars of The Religious Study Group Of Mombasa (Consolidated)

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  1959
Date Published  1959Mombasa
Authors  Mombasa Study Group
Key Words  Ismaili Studies Mombasa Study Group
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Persecutions against Ismaʿili Missionaries in Central Asia: The Case of Nāser

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Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2017
Date Published  2017
Authors  Mahamid, Hatim
Original Publication  Journal of persianate studies 10 (2017) 57–73
Publisher  Journal of persianate studies 10 (2017) 57–73
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Open University of Israel and Sakhnin College
Key Words  Persecution – Ismaʿili missionaries – Nāser Khosrow – Fatimids – Abbasids – Central Asia
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