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The Ismaili 诲腻士墨 (missionary) and poet N膩峁r-i Khusraw (d. after 1070) wrote Khw膩n al-ikhw膩n (The Banquet of the Brethren) when he was living in his remote mountain refuge of Yumgan in Badakhshan. This work includes a pr茅cis of ideas found in the Kit膩b al-Yan膩b墨士 (补濒-岣办尘补) (The Wellsprings of Wisdom), written by the earlier 诲腻士墨 Ab奴 Ya士q奴b al-Sijist膩n墨 (d. ca. 971). N膩峁r-i Khusraw recast these ideas in Persian and then expanded them into 100 chapters (or 鈥榗ourses鈥 of a banquet). The text presents a sequence of dynamic arguments for divine unicity (迟补飞岣ツ玠), while also asserting the authority of the Prophet Muhammad, his legatee and son-in-law 士Al墨 b. Ab墨 峁乴ib, and the subsequent Imams from the line of the Prophet鈥檚 descendant Ism膩士墨l b. Ja士far al-峁⒛乨iq.

Khw膩n al-ikhw膩n stands as a significant work in Ismaili theology and philosophy, exemplifying the central role of 迟补示飞墨濒 (esoteric interpretation). It also reflects the learning of the age, including the conception of a geocentric cosmos, Aristotelian physics, and Neoplatonic philosophy, all of which profoundly influenced the Ismaili 诲腻士墨s in Iran.

This new Persian critical edition is based on the only two extant manuscripts of Khw膩n al-ikhw膩n, while referring additionally to Henry Corbin鈥檚 edition of al-Sijist膩n墨鈥檚 Kit膩b al-Yan膩b墨士. Rahim Gholami has also prepared an accompanying volume containing an annotated English translation of the Persian text.