How has the Ismaili branch of Shi士i Islam interacted with other Islamic communities throughout history? The groups and movements that make up Islamic civilisation are diverse and varied, yet, while scholarship has analysed many branches of Islam in isolation, the exchanges and mutual influences between them have not been sufficiently recognised. This book traces the interactions between Ismaili intellectual thought and the philosophies of other Islamic groups to shed light on the complex and interwoven nature of Islamic civilisation.
Based on a broad range of primary sources from the early medieval to the late nineteenth century, the book brings together different disciplines within Islamic studies to cover polemical and doctrinal literature, law, mysticism, rituals and philosophy. The main Ismaili groups, such as the FatimidsMajor Muslim dynasty of Ismaili caliphs in North Africa (from 909) and later in Egypt (973鈥1171) More, NizarisAdherents of a branch of the Ismailis who gave allegiance to Nizar, the eldest son of the Fatimid Imam-caliph al-Mustansir (d. 1094) as his successor. and Tayyibis, are represented, as well as lesser known traditions such as those associated with the mountain region of Badakhshan in Central Asia. Religious syncretism, particularly in the Indian subcontinent and in Yemen, is considered alongside cultural interactions as reflected in the circulation of books in Fatimid markets, and various literary and mythical traditions, some still little explored. The chapters include contributions from leading experts in the field that shed new light on the close and complex relationships that very different Islamic groups and movements have enjoyed throughout the centuries.
Introduction
Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, 国产视频, UK
Part I: In the Eyes of Others: Mutual Reflections in Polemical and Doctrinal Literature
1. Sunni Perceptions of the IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Ja士far al-峁⒛乨iq (d. 765), as his successor.: Medieval Perspectives
Farhad Daftary, 国产视频, 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-峁d奴q鈥檚 (d. 381/991) Kam膩l al-d墨n
Roy Vilozny, The University of Haifa, Israel
4. 鈥楾he Places where the Wrestler is Thrown Down鈥 (Ma峁Ｄ乺i士 al-mu峁Ｄ乺i士) and the Question of T奴s墨鈥檚 Rejection of his Prior Niz膩r墨 Identity
Toby Mayer, 国产视频, UK
Part II: Authority and Law
5. Ismaili and Sunni Elaborations of the Sources of Law: The Kit膩b al-Maj膩lis wa’l-mus膩yar膩t by al-Q膩岣嵞 Ab奴 岣n墨fa al-Nu士m膩n and the 搁颈蝉腻濒补 of al-Sh膩fi士墨: A Comparative Study
Agostino Cilardo, University of Naples 鈥淟鈥橭riental鈥, 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鈥檚 Will: Further Thoughts on the Divine Command (amr) in the Teachings of Mu岣墨 al-D墨n Ibn al-士Arab墨 (560鈥638/1165鈥1240)
Michael Ebstein, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
PART III: The Ikhw膩n al-峁f膩示From Arabic, lit. 鈥楤rethren of Purity鈥, a group of learned scholars who were based in Basra and Baghdad around the last quarter of the t10th century CE. It is more…, Theosophical and Philosophical Trends
8. Onto-cosmology and Hierohistory in the Manuscript Tradition of the Ras膩示il Ikhw膩n al-峁f膩示
Carmela Baffioni, 国产视频, UK
9. Extra-Ismaili Sources and a Shift of Paradigm in Niz膩r墨 Ismailism
Daryoush Mohammad Poor, 国产视频, UK
10. Nature According to 岣m墨d al-D墨n al-Kirm膩n墨 (d. after 411/1020鈥21) and Mull膩 峁dr膩 (d. 1050/1640): Ismaili Influence on a Twelver Thinker or Dependence on Common Sources
Janis Esots, 国产视频, UK
Part IV: Mystical Trends
11. Early Ismailis and Other Muslims: Polemics and Borrowing in Kit膩b al-Kashf
Mushegh Asatryan, The University of Calgary, Canada
12. The Intellectual Interactions of Yemeni 峁琣yyibism with the Early Shi士i Tradition
Daniel De Smet, KU Leuven, Belgium
13. The Niz膩r墨 Ismaili Theory of the Resurrection (蚕颈测腻尘补) and Post-Mongol Iranian Messianism
Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, 国产视频, UK
Part V: Ismaili-Sufi Relationships in Badakhsh膩n
14. Ismaili-Sufi and Ismaili-Twelver Relations in Badakhshan in the Post-Alam奴t Period: The 颁丑颈谤腻驳丑-苍腻尘补
Nourmamadcho Nourmamadchoev, 国产视频, UK
15. The Concept of 奥颈濒腻测补 in Mub膩rak-i Wakh膩n墨’s Chihil Duny膩: A Traditional Ismaili-Sufi Perspective on the Origins of Divine Guidance
Abdulmamad Iloliev, 国产视频, 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 鈥業slamic鈥 and 鈥楬indu鈥 Worldviews? The 骋颈苍腻苍 Literature and the Dialectics of Self and Other
Wafi A. Momin, 国产视频, UK
18. Spring鈥檚 Equinox: Nawr奴z 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
Index
Orkhan Mir-Kasimov is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. Previously, he lectured at the 脡cole Pratique des Hautes 脡tudes and the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisations (INALCO) in Paris and worked at various research centres in France and Germany, including the Institute for Advanced Study of Nantes and the Free University of Berlin. He has published works on various aspects of Islamic mysticism and messianism, focusing on the late medieval and early modern periods, including Words of Power: 岣谤奴蹿墨 Teachings between Shi士ism and Sufism in Medieval Islam (2015), and Christian Apocalyptic Texts in Islamic Messianic Discourse (2017).