Between 1998 to 2012, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture restored eight major monuments in…
Tag: History
NASA engineer Farah Alibay speaks with CBC Montreal’s Debra Arbec about the rover’s landing and…
By: Sadruddin Noorani, Chicago, USA On this day, the 13th of Rajab, Ismaili Muslims as well…
Named after the Prophet’s daughter, the Fatimids – Mawlana Hazar Imam’s ancestors – ruled over…
The Ismailis are the second-largest Shi’i community in the world today, settled in over 25…
Ali Jan S. Damani’s latest publication is a review of a book entitled “The Ismaili…
Ginans refer to the poetic compositions authored by Ismaili Pirs, who came to the Indian subcontinent as early…
Pirs and Sayyids, endowed with spiritual knowledge and experience, composed poetry known as ginans in local Indic…
By: Sadruddin Noorani, Chicago, USA The Islamic Calendar is based on cycles of the moon…
Zawahir Noorally (now, Zawahir Moir) prepared a catalogue of 114 Khojki manuscripts in 1971. The…
Ginans are a vast collection comprising several hundred poetic compositions which have been a central…
Read the complete review at the source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09596410.2020.1768660 Alyjan Daya graduated from the University of…
“The medical authorities in Bombay were overwhelmed by the magnitude, and (as it seemed) the…
Chapter published in Deconstructing Islamic Studies edited by Majid Daneshgar and Aaron W. Hughes (Harvard University Press,…
Ismailimail is excited to share this post. We are humbled to play a small part…
Recently, Dr. Khalil Andani was invited on the Abbasid History podcast to give an introduction…
When one visits the Khoja Ismaili Jamatkhana in Iringa, there is a picture hanging on…
From Stories to Bridges is an oral history initiative of the Global Encounters Alumni Association…
“Prince Aly Khan was phenomenally alive,” Begam Mata Salamat once remarked in talking to a…
The career of the queen Sayyida Hurra is a unique instance of its kind in…
No Universe, stars, and planets were created Neither day nor night were created Except the…
How has the Ismaili branch of Shi’i Islam interacted with other Islamic communities throughout history?…
“This article re-examines the use of the term naṣs, which since Marshall Hodgson has been…
Imam Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III succeeded as Imam on August 17, 1885…
“Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed does a remarkable – though not flawless – job in presenting a…
