Ahmad b. Ibrahim al-Naysaburi an Ismaili da’i who flourished in the tenth century, was born…
Author: Nimira Dewji
The Mughals, who reigned the Indian Subcontinent(1526 – 1858), built a magnificent empire based on…
“A central premise of our work is that cultural enrichment and historic restoration can also…
“In our excavations and our historical investigations, I constantly have been reminded that we were…
The Fatimid period (909-1171) was the golden age of Ismaili thought and literature, when the…
Navroz, meaning ‘New Day,’ marks the beginning of the new year in the Persian calendar.…
Islamic science was in its prime between the 9th and the 13th centuries. A striking…
When Muslim rule expanded into the eastern Mediterranean regions and western Asia, they came into contact…
In Muslim regions, gardens are seen as places of peace, an escape from the noise…
Islam came to Africa very early in its history. When its followers faced persecution in…
The Fatimid period (909-1171) was a period of substantial literary activities, thanks to the increasing…
Rashid al-Din Fadl Allah was a famous Persian historian of the Ilkhanid* period. Born around1247…
This astronomical compendium, in the Aga Khan Museum’s collection, dated 19th century Iran, contains miniature…
“Like each of you, personally, the University also remembers its heritage on a day like…
The medicine of classical and medieval Islamic civilization was derived primarily from the Greeks particularly…
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