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Forty Poems from the 'Diwan' of Nasir-i Khusraw - Translation

Journal Article

By Gholam-Reza Aavani and By Peter Lamborn Wilson

Includes a translation of the Forty Poems
From Nasir-i Khusraw's Diwan.

Polygamy and the Druze Family in Israel

Journal of The American Oriental Society
Volume 99/Number 1/January-March 1979

Polygamy And The Druze Family In Israel *

By: AHARON LAYISH
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The `Das Avatara' of Satpanthi Ismailis and Imam Shahis of Indo-Pakistan.

The full text of Gulshan Khakhee's thesis is attached to the bibliography link.

The Aga Khan III and His Ancestors by N. Dumasia - Book in PDF format

Written by Dumasia in 1939 when Aga Khan III was still alive, this book covers a number of years of the Imam's life and shows his long lasting influence on the world scene from a very early age.

Download attachments links below.

Click on the pdf to read the full text. The 375 pages of the book are divided in 2 parts (10 MB each.)

Pyara Imam Ni Pyari vato (Wato)

This book is available in Gujarati language audiobook format in 9 mp3 files.

Unfortunately, part 4 is missing - please write to heritage@ismaili.net if you have it.

The Teacher

Ya Ali Madad.

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As promised in our introduction yesterday, we will discuss orne of the basic things that we do in Jamat Khana. Before we go into these rituals, it is very important to know what is our TARIQA.We will try to discuss this very briefly.

Our Tariqa is a small group of SHIA branch of Islamic Umah, which (our Tariqa) believes in ESSENCE. And what is that ESSENCE? The ESSENCE is NOOR OF ALLAH. Imam of the time is the bearer of that NOOR, that is why everything in our Tariqa revolves around Imam of the time.

The Memoirs of Aga Khan - Full Book

The Memoirs of AGA KHAN : WORLD ENOUGH AND TIME

BY HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN, P.C., G.C.S.I., G.C.V.O., G.C.I.E.

1954, Simon and Schuster, New York

NOTE THAT THIS VERSION IS POSTED AS-RECEIVED. APPARENTLY THERE ARE SOME MISTAKES, SO PLEASE SEND US ANY CORRECTIONS, AND WE WILL ENTER THEM AS WE RECEIVE THEM

CONTENTS

PREFACE BY W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Part One: CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH

I A Bridge Across the Years 3
II Islam, the Religion of My Ancestors 8
III Boyhood in India 32
IV I Visit the Western World 55

Part Two: YOUNG MANHOOD

Equatorial Guinea - Republic of
Ritual and Daily Life: Transmission and interpretation of the Ismaili tradition in Vancouver, Thesis

For full text, please scroll down and download the attached pdf.

EXTRACTS:

p. 30

(ii) Ismaili Doctrine

One of the keys to the understanding of the Ismaili (Shia) doctrine lies
in the way Ismailis view man. Man is made up of body and soul participating
in two worlds: the higher world of the First (Aql, an expression of the Divine Volition,
and the lower world of Nafs, which has emanated from Aql and is the
principle of animation from which matter has originated. As man is far
removed from his origins in the higher world, he needs to acquire knowledge of

Naples
Copyright Lawsuit 2010: Online Book of All available Materials for Lawsuit Allegedely by Aga Khan

This Online Book is a one-stop shop of the Materials for the 2010 Copyright Lawsuit Allegedly by Aga Khan.

It gathers court materials as well as articles that are currently available for the ongoing 2010 Lawsuit Launched allegedly by the Aga Khan against 2 of His Murids Nagib Tajdin and Alnaz Jiwa, for Circulating the Imam's Farmans to His Jamat through the Kalam-e Imam-e Zaman Golden Edition Book.

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The Ismailis of Afghanistan

The Ismailis in Afghanistan (Revised text)
By:- Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali

Defenses Glorifying the Aga Khan filed in federal Court - 2010-04-29
Crosswords for Ismailis

Try out these crosswords.

Made to be versatile for Bait-ul-Ilm Teachers, Each Puzzle comes with:
- an empty grid,
- a grid with clues,
- a grid with solutions.
- a regular set of clues,
- a set of clues with anagrams of answers, and
- a Quiz format.

Enjoy!

HAJI BIBI v. H.H. SIR SULTAN MOHAMED SHAH AGA KHAN
Ismailiyya

ISMA'ILIYYA, a major branch of the Shi'a with numerous subdivisions. It branched off fromthe Imamiyya [see ithna 'ashariyya] by tracing the imamate through Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq's son
Isma'il, after whom it is named. By: M. Kamil Husayn, Ta'ifat al-Isma'iliyya, Cairo 1959.
http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ei/isma.htm

Pir Pandiyat-i Jawanmardi

PANDIYAT-I JAWANMARDI OR “ADVICES OF MANLINESS” BY W. IVANOW

Full text is available in the Attached PDF

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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.

Qalaam-e-Mowla - Translation and Summary

The Immortal Teachings of Hazrat Mowla Murtaza Ali (A.S.)
Translated into English by Alwaez Shamsudin Bandali Haji.

Qalaam-e-Mowla - Text and Translation

The Immortal Teachings of Hazrat Mowla Murtaza Ali (A.S.)
Verse by Verse Translation
Kalam-e-Mowla

Ainsi Parla Boudh Awatar de Pir Sadardin

Bouddh Avatar - Francais
Ainsi parla BOUDH AWATAR
DE PIR SADARDIN (A.D. 1300-1416)
Introduction et traduction Par: U. M. Edwards

Ismaili Hero Summaries

Summary Descriptions of the Great Heroes in Ismaili History

101 Ismaili Heroes - Volume 1 - Late 19th Century To Present Age

101 Ismaili Heroes - Volume 1 - Late 19th Century To Present Age
By Mumtaz Ali Tajddin Sadik Ali - alymumtaz@yahoo.com

All About Ginans & Granths

Collection of Online Literature on Ginans & Granths

Much of the content comes from the two SOS Khojki Conferences organized by the Heritage Society in 1990 and 1991.

The Noor En Allah Noor - in Text

This book has been partially typed, and some chapters are missing. For the complete text, please refer to the pdf version.

Ismaili History Charts

Charts taken from various sources

History of the Ismailis by Mumtaz Ali Tajddin

A history of the Ismaili community from the time of the Prophet Muhammad. Includes History of Imams, as well as texts on Major periods, people and events in Ismaili History. We have also attached a smaller version called "A Brief History of the Ismailis" on this page. It has been written by the same author.

The Noor En Allah Noor - in PDF

The First part of this book relates the comprehensive grand history of the Noor En Allah Noor

Anant Akhado - Translation

ANANT AKHAADO literally means a gathering of unlimited souls in an eternal context.

ANANT AKHAADO AND ANANT NAA NAV CHHUGAA contain all the essential ideas about the ginaanic literature which encompass our theology, philosophy, history and ethics from the esoteric point of view.

Jerruk and the Ismailis

By Mumtaz Ali Tajddin Sadik Ali
(author of "Genealogy of the Aga Khan" & "Ismailis through History")
November 10 1999, Karachi

Travel from Bombay to Najaf

(via Karachi, Gwadar, Port Abbas, Bushire, Basra, Kazamin & Karbala)
Narrated by Mukhi Kassim Musa (d. 1314/1896)
Translated with comments by Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S.Ali Email : alymumtaz@yahoo.com

Amir Pir Mela in Sind & its Origin

The Ismailis in the province of Sind, Pakistan celebrate Amir Pir Mela (fair of Amir Pir) once a year in November.
By : Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali [ Karachi, 2007 ] email : alymumtaz@yahoo.com

Encyclopaedia of Ismailism

This Encyclopaedia is available in searchable form in the Library's Glossary section.

Click Here to browse the encyclopedia in searchable form.