The fundamental reason for the pre-eminence of Islamic civilisations lay neither in accidents of history…
Category: History
(the light is lit) in houses of worship which God has allowed to be raised,…
Abu Nasr Hibat Allah b. Musa b. Abi Imran b. Dawud al-Shirazi, one of the…
Rashid al-Din Sinan, the greatest of the medieval Nizari Ismaili da’is in Syria, was born into a…
The official logo for Hazar Imam’s visits comprises the word nur, Arabic for light, repeated…
Didar – A Persian word meaning ‘seeing” or “vision.” The vision can be experienced both…
After the fall of the Nizari Ismaili state of Alamut to the Mongols in 1256,…
“O Messenger, deliver [to the people] what has been revealed to you from your Lord,…
At the European Commission’s ninth annual conference in support of Syria, held on 17 March…
Why the World Celebrates His Late Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV Throughout his life,…
Dr. Khalil Andani’s conference presentation at the Institute of Ismaili Studies presented on Feb 19, 2025…
“In the face of this changing world, which was once a universe to us and…
Muḥammad Ḥasan al-Ḥusaynī (1804–1881), also known as Ḥasan ʿAlī Shāh, was the 46th Imam of…
From the word ‘Mongol,’ the Mughals were a Muslim dynasty of Turkic-Mongol origin that ruled…
Born in St Petersburg, Russia, on 3 November 1886, Wladimir Ivanow (spelt variously Ivanov and…
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