“Many days in a lifetime are unremarkable, some are notable, few are unforgettable. In the…
Author: Nimira Dewji
The creation of textiles was among the most important of the arts in medieval Muslim…
The Ikhwan al-Safa were an anonymous tenth-century fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad, Iraq. This…
In December 1964, His Highness the Aga Khan announced his desire to build a modern…
The fortress of Girdkuh in Persia (Iran) surrendered to the Mongols on December 15, 1270.1 Girdkuh,…
A Nizari Ismaili poet of the late Anjundan period, Khakhi Khurasani (d. after 1646 CE)…
The eighth Fatimid Caliph and eighteenth Ismaili Imam, Abu Tamim Ma’add al-Mustansir bi’llah I passed…
The twenty-seventh Nizari Ismaili Imam Rukn al-Din Khurshah succeeded to the Imamat on December 1,…
“Although this University is new, it will draw inspiration from the greatest traditions of Islamic…
“Students of world history remind us how Central Asia, a thousand years ago, “led the…
“…the visual, physical and emotional impact of a decent home can light the spirit of…
Islamic art has been produced in diverse regions using a variety of materials and patterns.…
“Syria has been at the crossroads of civilisations for over 2500 years — an ancient…
“…the question is less one of whether a man is successful in business or in…
“Indeed this Silver Jubilee is a symbolic affirmation of the ties between myself as Imam…
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