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尨irat al-Ma尪rif-i Buzurg-i Islm蘋, 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尪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尪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 詁硃廜ψ硃, as well as groundbreaking entries in various disciplines: including 詁硃娶櫻尨硃 in jurisprudence, 硃梭-詁櫻梁勳梭梭櫻紳蘋 in theology, the Ban贖 M贖sLit. the ‘the people of Moses’. in the sciences, the Barmakids in history, and Byaz蘋d Bas廜苔m蘋 in the mystical tradition.
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Bb Af廎al
Bb Faraj Tabr蘋z蘋
Bb Far蘋d al-D蘋n Ganj Shikar
Bb Ilys Khursn蘋
Bb Jn 廎勾fi廕-i Turbat蘋
Bb Kaml-i Jand蘋
Bb Luqmn, Mausoleum
Bb Qsim, Mausoleum
Bb Rukn al-D蘋n Sh蘋rz蘋
Bb Rukn al-D蘋n Sh蘋rz蘋, Mausoleum
Bb Shh I廜λahn蘋
Bb 廜珀hir
Bb尨蘋 Movement
Bbak Khurram-D蘋n
Bbil (Babel or Babylon)
詁硃餃櫻尨
詁硃餃櫻尨i尪 Nigr, M蘋rz Mahd蘋
詁硃餃櫻尨i尪 Nigr, Mu廎仟mmad Ibrh蘋m
詁硃餃硃域堯莽堯櫻紳
詁硃餃硃域堯莽堯櫻紳蘋, Sayyid(pl. sda/asyd) Arabic term for lord or master. It is a pre-Islamic term and refers to a person who possesses dignity or enjoys an exalted position among his people. Amongst… Suhrb Wal蘋
Badakhsh蘋, Shh Mu廎仟mmad
詁櫻餃眶蘋娶
Bdhil Mashhad蘋
Bad蘋尪 al-Zamn Hamadn蘋
Bad蘋尪 al-Zamn Tabr蘋z蘋
Bad蘋尪 in Persian Language and Literature
詁硃餃蘋堯勳聆聆櫻喧
Badr
Badr al-Jaml蘋
Baghdad
al-Baghdd蘋, 尪Abd al-Qdir
Bah尨 al-D蘋n Ab贖 Mu廎仟mmad Zakariyy尨 Multn蘋
Bah尨 al-D蘋n Matt贖
Bah尨 al-D蘋n Walad (Bah尨 Walad or Sul廜俸n al-尪Ulam尨)
Bah尨 al-D蘋n Walad (Sul廜俸n Walad)
Bahr, Mu廎仟mmad Taq蘋
Bahr-i 尪Ajam
Bahmanyr b. al-Marzubn
Bahrm b. Mardnshh
Al-Ba廎叵n蘋, Ab贖 al-廎兀san Jaml al-D蘋n
al-Ba廎叵n蘋, Hshim
Ba廎叵ayn (Bahrain)
Bajaliyya
al-Bkharz蘋, Ab贖 al-廎兀san
Bkharz蘋, Ab贖 al-Ma尪l蘋 Sayf al-D蘋n
Bkharz蘋, Ab贖 al-Mafkhir
Bakht
Bakhtiyr Kk蘋
詁硃域堯喧勳聆櫻娶蘋
詁硃域堯喧勳聆櫻娶-紳櫻鳥硃堯
Bakr b. W尨il
Bakrn, Mu廎仟mmad b. Naj蘋b
硃梭-詁硃梭櫻餃堯喝娶蘋
詁硃梭櫻眶堯硃
Bal尪am B尪贖r
詁硃梭尪硃鳥蘋
Balkh
詁硃梭贖釵堯
詁硃梭贖釵堯蘋 Literature
Balyn蘋, Am蘋n al-D蘋n
Balyn蘋, Aw廎仟d al-D蘋n
Bam, Arg
詁硃紳櫻域硃喧蘋
Ban贖 al-Munajjim
Ban贖 Isr尨蘋l
Ban贖 M贖s
硃梭-詁硃梁蘋尪
Bq蘋 billh
硃梭-詁櫻梁勳梭梭櫻紳蘋, Ab贖 Bakr
Bqir Khn
Al-Bar尨 b. 尪zib
Al-Bar尨 b. Mlik
詁硃娶櫻尨硃
Barh蘋n Ithbt al-Bri尨
Barh贖y蘋 (Brahui)
Baraka
Baraka (Barakat) Hamadn蘋
Barq Bb
硃梭-詁硃娶莉硃堯櫻娶蘋
詁硃娶莉硃廜
Bard al-尪Aj贖z
Br-i Amnat
詁硃娶蘋餃
Barmakids
插梭-詁硃娶梁蘋
詁硃娶廜蘋廜櫻
詁硃娶莽勳聆櫻紳
Barzakh
插梭-詁硃莽櫻莽蘋娶蘋
硃梭-詁硃莽硃滄蘋
Bash蘋r b. Sa尪d
詁硃莽堯蘋娶勳聆聆硃
Bashshr b. Burd
Bas蘋廜 al-廎兀q蘋qa
Bas蘋廜 wa Murakkab
詁硃廜ψ硃
詁硃廜ψ硃 (Morocco)
Bast
詁硃莽廜俸m
al-詁硃莽廜俸m蘋
詁櫻廜虹紳勳聆聆硃Lit. supporters of the b廜虹n. A perjorative term used by Sunni authors such as al-Ghazl蘋 (d. 1111) to refer to those, especially the Ismailis, who recognise an inner level of…
硃梭-詁櫻廜虹娶梁櫻紳蘋
Bay 尪
詁硃聆尪硃
Bayn b. Sam尪n
Byaz蘋d 詁硃莽廜俸m蘋
Byaz蘋d 詁硃莽廜俸m蘋 (al-Thn蘋)
詁硃聆廎
al-詁硃聆廎w蘋
Bayhaq
Bayhaq蘋, Ab贖 al-Fa廎l
al-Bayhaq蘋, Ab贖 al-廎兀san
al-Bayhaq蘋, Ab贖 Bakr
al-Bayhaq蘋, Ab贖 Ja尪far
Bayt al-廎夕kmaFrom Arabic; lit. house of wisdom; 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-Ml
al-Bayt al-Ma尪m贖r
硃梭-詁硃堝硃紳廜俸
Bzgasht-i Adab蘋
詁硃堝蘋眶堯勳聆聆硃
al-Bazzr, Ab贖 Bakr A廎叮ad
硃梭-詁硃堝堝蘋
Bektashi Order
B蘋b蘋 Shahrbn贖
詁蘋餃櫻莉櫻餃蘋
B蘋dil (Bedil)
Bih far蘋d
Bi廎汁r al-Anwr
Bihzd, 廎工sayn
Bihzd, Kaml al-D蘋n
Bill al-廎兀bash蘋
Bill b. 廎勾rith
Bilawhar wa B贖dsaf
詁勳梭眶娶櫻鳥蘋
詁勳梭梁蘋莽
Bindings and Binding
詁蘋娶轍硃紳餃蘋
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Robert Gleave, Journal of the American Oriental Society
[T]he publication of Encyclopaedia Islamica is a notable step forward in including the Shia viewpoint in scholarship on Islam.
Mousa al-Reza Wahdati, Journal of Shia Islamic Studies
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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 釦堯勳i莽鳥See Shia., Zaydism and Ismailism. He is a former Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow with 51勛圖厙.