This volume of Encyclopaedia Islamica is the fourth 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.
This volume contains comprehensive articles on two major cities of the Islamic world, Baghdad and 叠补峁补, as well as groundbreaking entries in various disciplines: including 叠补谤腻示补 in jurisprudence, 补濒-叠腻辩颈濒濒腻苍墨 in theology, the Ban奴 M奴s膩Lit. the ‘the people of Moses’. in the sciences, the Barmakids in history, and B膩yaz墨d Bas峁璦m墨 in the mystical tradition.
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B膩b膩 Af岣峚l
B膩b膩 Faraj Tabr墨z墨
B膩b膩 Far墨d al-D墨n Ganj Shikar
B膩b膩 Ily膩s Khur膩s膩n墨
B膩b膩 J膩n 岣つ乫i岷-i Turbat墨
B膩b膩 Kam膩l-i Jand墨
B膩b膩 Luqm膩n, Mausoleum
B膩b膩 Q膩sim, Mausoleum
B膩b膩 Rukn al-D墨n Sh墨r膩z墨
B膩b膩 Rukn al-D墨n Sh墨r膩z墨, Mausoleum
B膩b膩 Sh膩h I峁ah膩n墨
B膩b膩 峁乭ir
B膩b膩示墨 Movement
B膩bak Khurram-D墨n
B膩bil (Babel or Babylon)
叠补诲腻示
叠补诲腻示i士 Nig膩r, M墨rz膩 Mahd墨
叠补诲腻示i士 Nig膩r, Mu岣mmad Ibr膩h墨m
叠补诲补办丑蝉丑腻苍
叠补诲补办丑蝉丑腻苍墨, Sayyid(pl. s膩da/asy膩d) Arabic term for 鈥榣ord鈥 or 鈥榤aster鈥. It is a pre-Islamic term and refers to a person who possesses dignity or enjoys an exalted position among his people. Amongst… Suhr膩b Wal墨
Badakhsh墨, Sh膩h Mu岣mmad
叠腻诲驳墨谤
B膩dhil Mashhad墨
Bad墨士 al-Zam膩n Hamad膩n墨
Bad墨士 al-Zam膩n Tabr墨z墨
Bad墨士 in Persian Language and Literature
叠补诲墨丑颈测测腻迟
Badr
Badr al-Jam膩l墨
Baghdad
al-Baghd膩d墨, 士Abd al-Q膩dir
Bah膩示 al-D墨n Ab奴 Mu岣mmad Zakariyy膩示 Mult膩n墨
Bah膩示 al-D墨n Matt奴
Bah膩示 al-D墨n Walad (Bah膩示 Walad or Sul峁乶 al-士Ulam膩示)
Bah膩示 al-D墨n Walad (Sul峁乶 Walad)
Bah膩r, Mu岣mmad Taq墨
Bah膩r-i 士Ajam
Bahmany膩r b. al-Marzub膩n
Bahr膩m b. Mard膩nsh膩h
Al-Ba岣膩n墨, Ab奴 al-岣san Jam膩l al-D墨n
al-Ba岣膩n墨, H膩shim
Ba岣ayn (Bahrain)
Bajaliyya
al-B膩kharz墨, Ab奴 al-岣san
B膩kharz墨, Ab奴 al-Ma士膩l墨 Sayf al-D墨n
B膩kharz墨, Ab奴 al-Maf膩khir
Bakht
Bakhtiy膩r K膩k墨
叠补办丑迟颈测腻谤墨
叠补办丑迟颈测腻谤-苍腻尘补丑
Bakr b. W膩示il
Bakr膩n, Mu岣mmad b. Naj墨b
补濒-叠补濒腻诲丑耻谤墨
叠补濒腻驳丑补
Bal士am B膩士奴r
叠补濒士补尘墨
Balkh
叠补濒奴肠丑
叠补濒奴肠丑墨 Literature
Baly膩n墨, Am墨n al-D墨n
Baly膩n墨, Aw岣d al-D墨n
Bam, Arg
叠补苍腻办补迟墨
Ban奴 al-Munajjim
Ban奴 Isr膩示墨l
Ban奴 M奴s膩
补濒-叠补辩墨士
B膩q墨 bi鈥檒l膩h
补濒-叠腻辩颈濒濒腻苍墨, Ab奴 Bakr
B膩qir Kh膩n
Al-Bar膩示 b. 士膧zib
Al-Bar膩示 b. M膩lik
叠补谤腻示补
Bar膩h墨n Ithb膩t al-B膩ri示
Bar膩h奴y墨 (Brahui)
Baraka
Baraka (Barakat) Hamad膩n墨
Bar膩q B膩b膩
补濒-叠补谤产补丑腻谤墨
叠补谤产补峁
Bard al-士Aj奴z
B膩r-i Am膩nat
叠补谤墨诲
Barmakids
础濒-叠补谤辩墨
叠补谤峁Ｄ梗腻
叠补谤蝉颈测腻苍
Barzakh
础濒-叠补蝉腻蝉墨谤墨
补濒-叠补蝉补飞墨
Bash墨r b. Sa士d
叠补蝉丑墨谤颈测测补
Bashsh膩r b. Burd
Bas墨峁 al-岣q墨qa
Bas墨峁 wa Murakkab
叠补峁补
叠补峁补 (Morocco)
Bast
叠补蝉峁乵
al-叠补蝉峁乵墨
叠腻峁璱苍颈测测补Lit. 鈥榮upporters of the b膩峁璱n鈥. A perjorative term used by Sunni authors such as al-Ghaz膩l墨 (d. 1111) to refer to those, especially the Ismailis, who recognise an inner level of…
补濒-叠腻峁璱谤辩腻苍墨
Bay 士
叠补测士补
Bay膩n b. Sam士膩n
B膩yaz墨d 叠补蝉峁乵墨
B膩yaz墨d 叠补蝉峁乵墨 (al-Th膩n墨)
叠补测岣嵞
al-叠补测岣嵞亀墨
Bayhaq
Bayhaq墨, Ab奴 al-Fa岣峫
al-Bayhaq墨, Ab奴 al-岣san
al-Bayhaq墨, Ab奴 Bakr
al-Bayhaq墨, Ab奴 Ja士far
Bayt al-岣kmaFrom Arabic; lit. 鈥榟ouse of wisdom鈥; best characterised as a research and teaching centre with a library and translation facilities. Located in Baghdad, it was a caliphal institution that reached…
Bayt al-M膩l
al-Bayt al-Ma士m奴r
补濒-叠补锄补苍峁
B膩zgasht-i Adab墨
叠补锄墨驳丑颈测测补
al-Bazz膩r, Ab奴 Bakr A岣ad
补濒-叠补锄锄墨
Bektashi Order
B墨b墨 Shahrb膩n奴
叠墨诲腻产腻诲墨
B墨dil (Bedil)
Bih 膧far墨d
Bi岣ツ乺 al-Anw膩r
Bihz膩d, 岣sayn
Bihz膩d, Kam膩l al-D墨n
Bil膩l al-岣bash墨
Bil膩l b. 岣つ乺ith
Bilawhar wa B奴d膩saf
叠颈濒驳谤腻尘墨
叠颈濒辩墨蝉
Bindings and Binding
叠墨谤箩补苍诲墨
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.