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Farhad Daftary received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He has held various academic posts and since 1988 has been affiliated with The Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, where he is currently Co-Director and Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications. Dr. Daftary is a consulting editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica, co-editor (with W. Madelung) of the Encyclopaedia Islamica, as well as the general editor of the Ismaili Heritage Series and the Ismaili Texts and Translations Series.
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