Intellectual interactions in the Islamic world : the Ismaili thread / edited by Orkhan Mir-Kasimov.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan, editor.

Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Series:

Shi'i heritage series ; 6.

Shi'i heritage series ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ismailites.

Islamic philosophy--History.

Islamic philosophy.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 512 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2020.

Summary:

How has the Ismaili branch of Shi'i Islam interacted with other Islamic communities throughout history? The groups and movements that make up Islamic civilisation are diverse and varied yet, while scholarship has analysed many branches of Islam in isolation, the exchanges and mutual influences between them has not been sufficiently recognised. This book traces the interactions between Ismaili intellectual thought and the philosophies of other Islamic groups to shed light on the complex and interwoven nature of Islamic civilisation.Based on a broad range of primary sources from the early medieval to the late nineteenth century, the book brings together different disciplines within Islamic Studies to cover polemical and doctrinal literature, law, mysticism, rituals and philosophy. The main Ismaili groups, such as the Fatimids, Nizaris and Tayyibis, are represented, as well as lesser known traditions such as that associated with the mountain region of Badakhshan in Central Asia. Religious syncretism, particularly in the Indian subcontinent and in Yemen, is considered alongside cultural interactions as reflected in the circulation of books in Fatimid markets, and various literary and mythical traditions, some still little explored.

Contents:

Introduction / Orkhan Mir-Kasimov

PART I: In the Eyes of Others: Mutual Reflections in Polemical and Doctrinal Literature. 1. Sunni Perceptions of the Ismailis: Medieval Perspectives / Farhad Daftary

2. Ismaili Polemics Against Opponents in the Early Fatimid Period / Paul E. Walker

3. On the Limited Representation of the Ismailis in al-Ṣadūq's (d. 381/991) Kamāl al-dīn / Roy Vilozny

4. 'The Places where the Wrestler is Thrown Down' (Masāri' al-musāri') and the Question of Ṭūsī's Rejection of his Prior Nizārī Identity / Toby Mayer

PART II: Authority and Law. 5. Ismaili and Sunni Elaborations of the Sources of Law: The Kitāb al-Majālis wa'l-musāyarāt by al-Qādī Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nu'mān and the Risāla of al-Shāfi'ī: A Comparative Study

Agostino Cilardo

6. Sacrifice, Circumcision and the Ruler in the Medieval Islamic West: The Ismaili-Fatimid Legacy / Maribel Fierro

7. Human Action, God's Will: Further Thoughts on the Divine Command (amr) in the Teachings of Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn al-'Arabī (560-638/1165-1240) / Michael Ebstein

PART III: The Ikhwān al-Ṣafā', Theosophical and philosophical trends. 8. Onto-cosmology and Hierohistory in the Manuscript Tradition of the Rasā'il Ikhwān al-Ṣafā' / Carmela Baffioni

9. Extra-Ismaili Sources and a Shift of Paradigm in Nizāri Ismailism / Daryoush Mohammad Poor

10. Nature according to Ḥamīd al-Dīn al-Kirmānī (d. after 411/1020-21) and Mulla Ṣadrā (d. 1050/1640): Ismaili Influence on a Twelver Thinker or Dependence on Common Sources / Janis Esots

PART IV: Mystical Trends. 11. Early Ismailis and Other Muslims: Polemics and Borrowing in Kitāb al-Kashf / Mushegh Asatryan

12. The Intellectual Interactions of Yemeni Ṭayyibism with the Early Shi'i Tradition / Daniel De Smet

13. The Nizāri Ismaili Theory of the Resurrection (Qiyāma) and Post-Mongol Iranian Messianism / Orkhan Mir-Kasimov

PART V: Ismaili-Sufi Relationships in Badakhshān. 14. Ismaili-Sufi and Ismaili-Twelver Relations in Badakhshān in the Post-Alamut Period: The Chirāgh-nāma / Nourmamadcho Nourmamadchoev

15. The Concept of Wilāya in Mubārak-i Wākhānī's Chihil Dunyā: A Traditional Ismaili-Sufi Perspective on the Origins of Divine Guidance / Abdulmamad Iloliev

PART VI: The Interaction and Circulation of Knowledge across Religious and Geographical Boundaries. 16. Beyond Space and Time: The Itinerant Life of Books in the Fatimid Market Place / Delia Cortese

17. On the Cusp of 'Islamic' and 'Hindu' Worldviews The Ginan Literature and the Dialectics of Self and Other / Wafi A. Momin

18. Spring's Equinox: Nawrūz in Ismaili Thought / Shafique N. Virani

19. Yemeni Ismailism in Jewish Philosophy, 6th/12th to 11th/17th Centuries: A General Historical Sketch / Mauro Zonta

Notes:

Published in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781838604851

1838604855

9781838604882

183860488X

OCLC:

1120205912