This volume of Encyclopaedia Islamica is the third of a projected 16-volume publication, consisting of an abridged and edited translation of the Persian D膩示irat al-Ma士膩rif-i Buzurg-i Isl膩m墨, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world. One unique feature of this work of reference lies in the attention it gives to Shi士i Islam and its rich and diverse heritage, which makes it complementary to other encyclopaedias. In addition to providing entries on important themes, subjects and personages in Islam generally, it offers the western reader an opportunity to appreciate the various dimensions of Shi士i Islam, the Persian contribution to Islamic civilisation, and the spiritual dimensions of the Islamic tradition.
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Adab
士础诲补尘
Adam in Islam
Adh膩n and iq膩ma
膧诲丑补谤产腻测箩腻苍
士Ad墨 b. 岣つ乼im
Al-Ad墨b al-Na峁璦nz墨
Ad墨b 峁⒛乥ir Tirmidh墨
础濒-士膧岣峣诲
士膧诲颈濒-厂丑腻丑墨蝉
Af岣峚l al-D墨n al-Kh奴naj墨
Af岣峚l al-D墨n Kirm膩n墨
Al-Af岣峚l b. Badr al-Jam膩l墨
Af岣峚l 岣sayn墨
Al-Af岣峚l Kutayf膩t
Afghan
Afghanistan
础蹿濒腻办墨
础蹿谤腻蝉颈测腻产
础蹿谤腻蝉颈测腻产 (family)
础蹿蝉丑腻谤
础蹿蝉丑腻谤ids
础蹿蝉丑墨苍
Aga KhanA title granted by the Shah of Persia to the then Ismaili Imam in 1818 and inherited by each of his successors to the Imamate. (膧q膩 Kh膩n)
膧gh膩 Mu岣mmad Kh膩n Q膩j膩r
膧gh膩j Ar墨
Al-Agh膩n墨, Kit膩b
AghlabidsMuslim dynasty that ruled in North Africa (800鈥909), succeeded by the Fatimids.
础岣腻迟丑
Ahl al-Kit膩b
Ahl-i 岣qq
础岣补诲
础岣补诲 al-士Alaw墨
础岣补诲 al-Badaw墨
础岣补诲 al-N膩峁r
础岣补诲 al-Rif膩士墨
础岣补诲 al-Suhraward墨
础岣补诲 b. 士Abd 础濒濒腻丑 al-Mast奴r
础岣补诲 b. Ab墨 Du示膩d al-Ib膩d墨
础岣补诲 b. al-峁琣yyib al-Sarakhs墨
础岣补诲 b. Ayy奴b
础岣补诲 b. 岣nbal
础岣补诲 b. 士莫s膩
础岣补诲 b. 士莫s膩 b. Zayd
础岣补诲 b. Khi岣峳awayh (Khi岣峳奴ya) al-Balkh墨
础岣补诲 b. Mu岣mmad b. 士莫s膩
础岣补诲 b. M奴s膩 b. Ja士far
础岣补诲 J膩m
础岣补诲 K膩s膩n墨
础岣补诲 K膩tib
础岣补诲 Mashhad墨
础岣补诲 Mujtahid
础岣补诲 M奴s膩
础岣补诲 Nayr墨z墨
础岣补诲 Rasm墨
础岣补诲 Sh膩h Durr膩n墨
础岣补诲 Sh膩h Q膩j膩r
础岣补诲 Sh膩ml奴
础岣补诲 Sirhind墨
础岣补诲 Yasaw墨
Al-A岣af b. Qays
A岣膩r, Khw膩jah N膩峁r al-D墨n 士Ubayd 础濒濒腻丑
础濒-础岣腻示墨
础岣腻濒
Al-Ahw膩z墨, Ab奴 al-岣san
士膧示颈蝉丑补
Akbar
础办产补谤-苍腻尘补丑
Akhb膩r al-Dawla al-士Abb膩siyya
Al-Akhb膩r墨, M墨rz膩 Mu岣mmad
础办丑产腻谤颈测测补
al-Akhfash
础办丑墨
础办丑墨 Awr膩n
膧l A士yan
士Al膩示 al-Dawla Simn膩n墨
士Al膩示 al-D墨n 士A峁弓膩r Bukh膩r墨
士Al膩示 al-D墨n Mu岣mmad
础濒补尘奴迟
础濒蹿腻岷
士Al墨 b. 士Abd 础濒濒腻丑 b. al-士Abb膩s
士Al墨 b. Ab墨 岣mza al-Ba峁伿緄n墨
士Al墨 b. Ab墨 峁乴ibCousin of the Prophet Muhammad and his son-in-law by marriage to his daughter Fatima; the first Shi鈥榠 Imam and fourth caliph (d. 661).
士Al墨 b. al-岣sayn, Ab奴 al-岣san
士Al墨 b. Ja士far
士Al墨 b. Mahziy膩r
士Al墨 b. Maym奴n
士Al墨 Ri岣嵞 士Abb膩s墨
士膧l墨-Q膩p奴 Palace
础濒濒腻丑
础濒濒腻丑wird墨 Kh膩n
础濒-膧濒奴蝉墨
础尘腻濒墨
础濒-础士尘补蝉丑
础濒-膧尘颈诲墨
Al-Am墨n, Mu岣in
膧mina bint Wahb
础尘墨苍箩墨
础尘墨谤(pl. umar膩示) Arabic lit. a prince, a commander, or a leader. In early Muslim history, the word am墨r referred to an army commander. During the Umayyad and Abbasid periods, the… 补濒-岣つ乯箩
础尘墨谤 al-Mu示min墨n
Al-膧mir bi-A岣膩m 础濒濒腻丑
础尘墨谤 岣sayn墨
础尘墨谤 Kab墨r
The 础尘墨谤 Kiy膩示ids of G墨l膩n
士Amr b. al-士膧峁
士Amr b. al-Layth
士Amr b. 岣miq al-Khuz膩士墨
al-Amr bi al-ma士r奴f wa al-nahy 士an al-munkar
Anas b. M膩lik
础苍蹿腻濒
础苍箩耻诲腻苍
士础苍苍腻锄颈诲蝉
础苍辩补谤补飞墨
补濒-础苍峁乲墨
础苍飞补谤墨
膧q Shams al-D墨n
膧q膩 Buzurg Tihr膩n墨
士Aq墨l b. Ab墨 峁乴ib
膧辩-辩奴测奴苍濒奴
Arabic
础谤产补士墨苍
Ardist膩n, congregational mosque
Arg
Argh奴n Kh膩n
Arg-i 士Al墨 Sh膩h
士膧rif Qazw墨n墨
Armenia
Asad墨 峁玸墨
膧峁f b. Barakhy膩
al-A峁agh b. Nub膩ta
补濒-础蝉丑士补谤墨
Ash士ar墨s of Qumm
Ash士ar墨s, the dissemination of Ash士ar墨 theology
al-Ash士ath b. Qays al-Kind墨
Ashraf Jah膩ng墨r
Ashraf-ughl墨 (E艧refo臒lu)
士膧蝉丑奴谤腻示An event which is commemorated by many Shi鈥榓 Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Imam al-岣sayn b. 士Al墨, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, which took…
础峁
础峁墨 and Karam
Asm膩示 bint 士Umays
Al-Asm膩示 wa al-a岣膩m
补濒-础峁补士墨
Al-Asmar
Assassins
士A峁伿 al-Khur膩s膩n墨
士A峁弓膩r N墨s膩b奴r墨
Awliy膩 Chalab墨
础飞迟腻诲
础濒-础飞锄腻士墨
膧y膩t al-a岣膩m
膧yat 础濒濒腻丑
士Ayn al-Qu岣嵞乼 Hamad膩n墨
础濒-士础测测腻蝉丑墨
础测测奴产颈诲蝉
Al-Azhar
A岷揾ar Tabr墨z墨
A岷揾ar, Im膩mz膩dah
补濒-础锄丑补谤墨
Al-士Az墨z bi鈥檒l膩h
B膩 士Alaw墨
叠腻产
al-叠腻产 al-岣つ乨墨士ashar
鈥楥learly the editors of ISLA have selected articles they consider will augment the existing reference sources 鈥 and they have completed this selection task with acumen and skill. The work as a whole remains, however, a 鈥渟pecialist encyclopaedia鈥 […] – or perhaps more accurately, it is an encyclopaedia for specialists […]. In that sense, it is a valuable addition […] to the reference work available at present. Perhaps its greatest merit is that it brings to an international audience a key example of and an excellent advertisement for high-quality Iranian scholarship which has hitherto been available but known only to a few.鈥
鈥 Robert Gleave, Journal of the American Oriental Society
鈥榌T]he publication of Encyclopaedia Islamica is a notable step forward in including the Shi鈥榓 viewpoint in scholarship on Islam.鈥
鈥 Mousa al-Reza Wahdati, Journal of Shi鈥榓 Islamic Studies
鈥楶rinted on coated paper, the five volumes so far published are an impressive achievement both in production as well as in scholarship related to Persian themes.鈥
鈥 Yashab Tur, Islamic Sciences
Farhad Daftary is Associate Director of the Institute of Ismaili Studies. He is an authority on Mediaeval Islam and Ismaili studies, consulting Editor of Encyclopaedia Iranica, and sits on the Advisory Board of the Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd edition).
Wilferd Madelung has made significant contributions to scholarship on mediaeval Islamic movements, including Twelver 厂丑颈鈥榠蝉尘See Shi鈥榓., Zaydism and Ismailism. He is a former Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow with 久久久福利国产.