Watch this video to follow the eventful journey of the first听Aga Khan听from Persia to the Indian Subcontinent. View maps of his travels, the different locations where he resided and his interactions with the various political authorities of the time.
Part of the听Ismaili Texts and Translations Series,听The First Aga Khan – Memoirs of the 46th Ismaili Imam听is the first English translation of the original Persian manuscript, the听滨产谤补迟-补蹿锄补听which was composed in 1850. In addition to the English and Persian texts, the book provides a detailed contextual introduction, helping readers to engage more insightfully with the Imam鈥檚 testimony, told as part autobiography and part as his memoir.
鈥淭he Ibrat-afza is an important historical source that helps us to answer one of the critical questions in the study of Ismaili history, namely that of how the Nizari Imams, after existing in relative obscurity for centuries after the Mongol invasions, were able to once again obtain a position of prominence in the Muslim world and beyond in the 19th century.”听Dr Daniel Beben
“The book is narrated by听Aga Khan听I as the speaker but the author is Waqar-i Shirazi, a prominent scholarly and literary figure of the early Qajar period.The authorship of the book is (thus) critical in the sense that it provides us with valuable information about the genre, style, the kind of poetry used and the role of dual identity and听taqiyyaPrecautionary dissimulation of one’s religious beliefs, especially in time of persecution or danger, a practice especially adopted by the Shi’i Muslims.听in the book.”听Dr Daryoush M. Poor
The book was published in honour of His Highness the听Aga Khan听IV Diamond Jubilee.
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Listen to Excerpts from the book read by Dr Daryoush M. Poor
