Brill in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
This volume of Encyclopaedia Islamica is the sixth of a projected 16-volume set, largely consisting of an abridged and edited translation of the Persian D膩示irat al-Ma士膩rif-i Buzurg-i Isl膩m墨, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world, to which a number of original articles, written specifically for the English edition, have been added. One of the unique features of this work of reference lies in the attention it gives to Shi士i Islam and its rich and diverse heritage, which makes it complementary to other encyclopaedias. In addition to providing entries on important themes, subjects and personages in Islam generally, it offers the Western reader an opportunity to appreciate the various dimensions of Shi士i Islam, the Persian contributions to Islamic civilisation, and the spiritual dimensions of the Islamic tradition.
This volume contains biographical articles on a number of major Muslim scholars such as the great philosopher and polymath, Ab奴 Na峁 Mu岣mmad 补濒-贵腻谤腻产墨, as well as the 9th/15th-century Persian philosopher, theologian and gnostic, Jal膩l al-顿墨苍 al-D膩wan墨. It also includes historical surveys of important concepts in Islam, such as 诲补士飞补 and 诲墨苍, and of religious groups such as the Druze. In terms of the traditions of Sufism, there are articles on D膩r膩 Shuk奴h, 补濒-顿补蝉奴辩墨, Ab奴 al-岣san al-Daylam墨 and Dh奴 al-N奴n al-Mi峁墨. Persian social and architectural history are discussed in articles such as 诲颈丑辩腻苍 and the Fahraj Congregational Mosque. The volume also includes entries of considerable importance for the study of Shi士ism, such as those on Fadak and the Fatimid dynasty, as well as a comprehensive article on 贵腻峁璱尘补, the wife of Imam 士Al墨 and daughter of the Prophet Mu岣mmad, and as such revered by all Muslims, especially the Shi士a Muslims.
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D膩士墨 Sh墨r膩z墨
D膩示ira, Daf
顿补箩箩腻濒
Dakkan墨, Sh膩h 士Al墨-Ri岣嵞
Damascus
顿补尘腻飞补苍诲
Daniel
Daq墨q墨, Ab奴 Man峁E玶
D膩r al-Fun奴n
D膩r al-Isl膩m wa d膩r al-岣rb
D膩r al-Nadwa
D膩r膩 Shuk奴h
顿腻谤腻产苍腻尘补丑
补濒-顿腻谤补辩耻峁璶墨
Darband
Darb-i Im膩m
al-D膩rim墨, Ab奴 Mu岣mmad
al-D膩rim墨, Ab奴 Sa士墨d 士Uthm膩n
顿补谤辩腻飞颈测测补
Darw墨sh (Dervish)
Darw墨sh 士Abd al-Maj墨d 峁乴iq膩n墨
Darw墨sh Kh膩n
顿补蝉迟驳腻丑
补濒-顿补蝉奴辩墨
David (D膩w奴d)
顿补士飞补
Daw膩m墨, 士Abd All膩h
补濒-顿补飞腻苍墨
Daw膩zdah Im膩m
Dawr
al-Dawr wa al-tasalsul
D膩w奴d al-An峁乲墨
D膩w奴d al-峁伿灸
D膩w奴d b. al-Mu岣bbar
Day
al-Daylam墨, Ab奴 al-岣san
Dayn
顿补测峁D乶颈测测补
Death
Deccan
Delhi
Delhi Sultanate
Dentistry
Dhawq
Dh奴 al-N奴n al-Mi峁墨
Dihlaw墨 Bukh膩r墨, 士Abd al-岣qq
顿颈丑辩腻苍
Dilsh膩d Kh膩t奴n
顿墨苍
al-顿墨苍awar墨, Ab奴 岣n墨fa
Dissection and Anatomy (Tashr墨岣)
D墨w膩n al-士Ar岣
Diy膩r Bakr
Dizf奴l, the Great Mosque of
Dream Interpretation
Druze
D奴 Dar, Madrasa
Dualism
顿耻士腻示-苍颈飞墨蝉墨
Duhul
补濒-顿奴谤测补蝉迟墨
D奴st Mu岣mmad Kh膩n
Ecstasy
Elias/Elijah
Empedocles
Enoch (Idr墨s)
Epic (岣m膩sa)
Erzerum
Eschatology
Ethics
Euclid
Eve
Evil eye
Fadak
Fa岣峫 All膩h 岣r奴f墨 Astar膩b膩d墨
al-Fa岣峫 b. Sh膩dh膩n
Fahraj Congregational Mosque
Fakhr al-顿墨苍 士Abd al-峁mad Hamad膩n墨
Fakhr al-顿墨苍 士Al墨 峁f墨
Falconry
Fan膩示 and Baq膩示
补濒-贵补苍腻谤墨
Faqr
补濒-贵腻谤腻产墨
贵补谤补蝉苍腻尘补丑
贵补谤驳丑腻苍补
补濒-贵补谤驳丑腻苍墨
Far墨gh奴nids (膧l-i Far墨gh)
贵腻峁璱尘补
贵腻峁璱尘颈诲蝉
鈥楥learly the editors of ISLA have selected articles they consider will augment the existing reference sources 鈥 and they have completed this selection task with acumen and skill. The work as a whole remains, however, a 鈥渟pecialist encyclopaedia鈥 [...] - or perhaps more accurately, it is an encyclopaedia for specialists [...]. In that sense, it is a valuable addition [...] to the reference work available at present. Perhaps its greatest merit is that it brings to an international audience a key example of and an excellent advertisement for high-quality Iranian scholarship which has hitherto been available but known only to a few.鈥
鈥 Robert Gleave, Journal of the American Oriental Society
鈥榌The] publication of Encyclopaedia Islamica is a notable step forward in including the Shi鈥榓 viewpoint in scholarship on Islam.鈥
鈥 Mousa al-Reza Wahdati, Journal of Shi鈥榓 Islamic Studies
鈥楶rinted on coated paper, the five volumes so far published are an impressive achievement both in production as well as in scholarship related to Persian themes.鈥
鈥 Yashab Tur, Islamic Sciences
Farhad Daftary is Associate Director of the Institute of Ismaili Studies. He is an authority on Mediaeval Islam and Ismaili studies, consulting Editor of Encyclopaedia Iranica, and sits on the Advisory Board of the Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd edition).
Wilferd Madelung has made significant contributions to scholarship on mediaeval Islamic movements, including Twelver Shi鈥榠sm, Zaydism and Ismailism. He is a former Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow with 国产视频.