We continue with our countdown to Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Diamond Jubilee with a reflection on…
Author: Nimira Dewji
Ginan bolore nit nure bharea; evo haide tamare harakh na maeji. Listen Recite continually the…
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Named after the Prophet’s daughter, the Fatimids established their empire in 909 in North Africa…
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Nizar Quhistani’s Diwan, 19th century copy, contains ten thousand verses.
Mawlana Hazar Imam visited Bombay (now Mumbai), India, on August 6, 1957
We continue with our countdown with a snapshot of Imam’s activities and selected world events focusing mainly on the developments in science and technology.
Mawlana Hazar Imam visited Salamiyya, Syria for the first time as Imam, on July 27, 1959.
Ginans are poetic compositions which have been a central part of the religious life of the Nizari Ismailis of the Indian subcontinent, who now reside in many countries around the world.
The Fatimid da’wa(mission) was concerned with educating converts in esoteric doctrines, known as the hikma or ‘wisdom.’
Mawlana Hazar Imam became the forty-ninth hereditary Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims on July 11, 1957 while still a student at Harvard University.
On July 9, 1273, the Syrian fortress of Kahf was captured by the Mamluks.
In Islamic art, geometric patterns were combined, interlaced, and arranged in intricate combinations, thus becoming one of the most distinguishing features of the art.
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