The new notions of free enterprise, of creating wealth, these are sound notions but they…
Author: Nimira Dewji
Abu’l-Qasim Firdawsi (940-1020) completed his epic work, the Shahnama (Book of Kings), on February 25, 10101. Fearful…
In 1090, the Persian Ismailis acquired the castle of Alamut situated in a remote and…
Carpets were probably first made by nomadic peoples to cover the earthen floor in their…
Metalwares, used in households for a variety of functions including at meals and banquets, were…
“They [Ismailis] with amazing care and devotion kept through ages burning that Light, mentioned in…
The arts of the book is among the major form of Islamic artistic expression, which…
On February 4, 1280, Nizari Quhistan (1247-1320), one of the most distinguished poets of thirteenth-century Persia…
Imam Hasan Ali Shah succeeded to the Imamat in 1817 at the age of 13 in…
“The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know. Its importance has…
“Beginning in 1980 and every three years thereafter, I propose to offer a substantial monetary…
“There are those who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of…
Rashid al-Din Sinan, the greatest of the medieval Nizari Ismaili da’is in Syria, was born…
Jabir ibn Hayyan (d. ca 815) was born in Tus, Khurasan, in modern-day Iran. He…
Named after the Prophet’s daughter, the Fatimids established their empire in 909 in North Africa…
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