Intellectual Interactions in the Islamic World: The Ismaili Thread
\ Edited by Orkhan Mir- Kasimov
London
: I. B. Tauris
, 2020
xi, 512p
Shi'i heritage series; 6
Index
1. Sunni Perceptions of the Ismailis: Medieval Perspectives --Farhad Daftary, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK --2. Ismaili Polemics Against Opponents in the Early Fatimid Period --Paul E. Walker, The University of Chicago, USA --3. On the Limited Representation of the Ismailis in al-Saduq's (d. 381/991) Kamal al-din --Roy Vilozny, The University of Haifa, Israel --4. The Places where the Wrestler is Thrown Down' (Masari' al-musari') and the Question of Tusi's Rejection of his Prior Nizari Identity --Toby Mayer, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK --PART II: Authority and Law --5. Ismaili and Sunni Elaborations of the Sources of Law: The Kitab al-Majalis wa'l-musayarat by al-Qadi Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man and the Risala of al-Shafi'i: A Comparative Study --Agostino Cilardo, University of Naples "L'Orientale", Italy --6. Sacrifice, Circumcision and the Ruler in the Medieval Islamic West: The Ismaili-Fatimid Legacy --Maribel Fierro, Spanish National Research Council, Spain --7. Human Action, God's Will: Further Thoughts on the Divine Command (amr) in the Teachings of Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-'Arabi (560-638/1165-1240) --Michael Ebstein, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel --PART III: The Ikhwan al-Safa', Theosophical and philosophical trends --8. Onto-cosmology and Hierohistory in the Manuscript Tradition of the Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa' --Carmela Baffioni, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK --9. Extra-Ismaili Sources and a Shift of Paradigm in Nizari Ismailism --Daryoush Mohammad Poor, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK --10. Nature according to Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani (d. after 411/1020-21) and Mulla Sadra (d. 1050/1640): Ismaili Influence on a Twelver Thinker or Dependence on Common Sources --Janis Esots, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK --PART IV: Mystical Trends. 11. Early Ismailis and Other Muslims: Polemics and Borrowing in Kitab al-Kashf --Mushegh Asatryan, The University of Calgary, Canada --12. The Intellectual Interactions of Yemeni Tayyibism with the Early Shi'i Tradition --Daniel De Smet, KU Leuven, Belgium --13. The Nizari Ismaili Theory of the Resurrection (Qiyama) and Post-Mongol Iranian Messianism --Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK --PART V: Ismaili-Sufi Relationships in Badakhshan --14. Ismaili-Sufi and Ismaili-Twelver Relations in Badakhshan in the Post-Alamut Period: The Chiragh-nama --Nourmamadcho Nourmamadchoev, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK --15. The Concept of Wilaya in Mubarak-i Wakhani's Chihil Dunya: A Traditional Ismaili-Sufi Perspective on the Origins of Divine Guidance --Abdulmamad Iloliev, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK --PART VI: The Interaction and Circulation of Knowledge across Religious and Geographical Boundaries --16. Beyond Space and Time: The Itinerant Life of Books in the Fatimid Market Place --Delia Cortese, Middlesex University London, UK --17. On the Cusp of 'Islamic' and 'Hindu' Worldviews The Ginan Literature and the Dialectics of Self and Other --Wafi A. Momin, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK --18. Spring's Equinox: Nawruz in Ismaili Thought --Shafique N. Virani, The University of Toronto, Canada --19. Yemeni Ismailism in Jewish Philosophy, 6th/12th to 11th/17th Centuries: A General Historical Sketch --Mauro Zonta, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Introduction --Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK --PART I: In the Eyes of Others: Mutual Reflections in Polemical and Doctrinal Literature