Fortresses of the Intellect: Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies in Honour of Farhad Daftary

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I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies

Dedicated to the achievements of Farhad Daftary, the foremost authority in Ismaili Studies of our time, this volume gathers together a number of studies on intellectual and political history, particularly in the three main areas where the significance of Daftary's scholarship has had the largest impact - Ismaili Studies as well as Persian Studies and Shi'i Studies in a wider context. It focuses, but not exclusively, on the intellectual production of the Ismailis and their role in history, with discussions ranging from some of the earliest Ismaili texts, to thinkers from the Fatimid and the Alamut periods as well as relations of the Fatimids with other dynasties. Containing essays from some of the most respected scholars in Ismaili, Shi'i and Persian Studies (including Patricia Crone, M A Amir-Moezzi, C Edmund Bosworth and Robert Gleave), the book makes a significant contribution to wider scholarship in philosophical theology and medieval Islam. The contributors include: I. Afshar, H. Algar, M. A. Amir-Moezzi, S. J. Badakhchani, C. Baffioni, C. E. Bosworth, D. Cortese, P. Crone, D. De Smet, R. Gleave, H. Haji, I. Hajnal, A. H. Hamdani, C. Hillenbrand, A. C. Hunsberger, H.
Landolt, L. Lewisohn, W. Madelung, A. Nanji, A. J. Newman, I. K. Poonawala and P. E. Walker.

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Omar Ali-de-Unzaga is the Coordinator of the Qur'anic Studies Unit at the Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS), London. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and is currently preparing a monograph entitled 'A Philosophical Reading of the Qur'an: Exegetical Thought in the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity' (Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa'). He is also the Editor of the Qur'anic Studies Series published in association with the IIS.