This volume of Encyclopaedia Islamica is the sixth of a projected 16-volume set, largely 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, to which a number of original articles, written specifically for the English edition, have been added. One of the unique features 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 contributions to Islamic civilisation, and the spiritual dimensions of the Islamic tradition.
This volume contains biographical articles on a number of major Muslim scholars such as the great philosopher and polymath, Ab贖 Na廜ψ Mu廎仟mmad 硃梭-幛櫻娶櫻莉蘋, as well as the 9th/15th-century Persian philosopher, theologian and gnostic, Jall al-嗨蘋紳 al-Dwan蘋. It also includes historical surveys of important concepts in Islam, such as 餃硃尪滄硃Lit. ‘summons’, ‘mission’ or invitation to Islam. Amongst Shi’i Muslims, it was the invitation to adopt the cause of the Imamat. It also refers more specifically to the hierarchy of… and 餃蘋紳, and of religious groups such as the DruzeA religious community that arose as an offshoot of the Fatimid Ismailis around 408 AH/1017 CE.. In terms of the traditions of Sufism, there are articles on Dr Shuk贖h, 硃梭-嗨硃莽贖梁蘋, Ab贖 al-廎兀san al-Daylam蘋 and Dh贖 al-N贖n al-Mi廜ψ蘋. Persian social and architectural history are discussed in articles such as 餃勳堯梁櫻紳 and the Fahraj Congregational Mosque. The volume also includes entries of considerable importance for the study of Shi尪ism, such as those on Fadak and the Fatimid dynasty, as well as a comprehensive article on 幛櫻廜虹鳥硃, the wife of Imam 尪Al蘋 and daughter of the Prophet Mu廎仟mmad, and as such revered by all Muslims, especially the Shi尪a Muslims.
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D尪蘋 Sh蘋rz蘋
D尨ira, Daf
嗨硃轍轍櫻梭
Dakkan蘋, Shh 尪Al蘋-Ri廎
Damascus
嗨硃鳥櫻滄硃紳餃
Daniel
Daq蘋q蘋, Ab贖 Man廜贖r
Dr al-Fun贖n
Dr al-IslmThe ‘realm of Islam,’ a term used in classical Islamic jurisprudence to denote regions or countries subject to Islamic law. Often contrasted with the dr al-廎仟rb, lit. ‘the realm of… wa dr al-廎仟rb
Dr al-Nadwa
Dr Shuk贖h
嗨櫻娶櫻莉紳櫻鳥硃堯
硃梭-嗨櫻娶硃梁喝廜要蘋
Darband
Darb-i Imm
al-Drim蘋, Ab贖 Mu廎仟mmad
al-Drim蘋, Ab贖 Sa尪蘋d 尪Uthmn
嗨硃娶梁櫻滄勳聆聆硃
Darw蘋sh (Dervish)
Darw蘋sh 尪Abd al-Maj蘋d 廜珀liqn蘋
Darw蘋sh Khn
嗨硃莽喧眶櫻堯
硃梭-嗨硃莽贖梁蘋
David (Dw贖d)
嗨硃尪滄硃
Dawm蘋, 尪Abd Allh
硃梭-嗨硃滄櫻紳蘋
Dawzdah Imm
Dawr
al-Dawr wa al-tasalsul
Dw贖d al-An廜俸k蘋
Dw贖d al-廜珀尨蘋
Dw贖d b. al-Mu廎仟bbar
Day
al-Daylam蘋, Ab贖 al-廎兀san
Dayn
嗨硃聆廜n勳聆聆硃
Death
Deccan
Delhi
Delhi Sultanate
Dentistry
Dhawq
Dh贖 al-N贖n al-Mi廜ψ蘋
Dihlaw蘋 Bukhr蘋, 尪Abd al-廎兀qq
嗨勳堯梁櫻紳
Dilshd Kht贖n
嗨蘋紳
al-嗨蘋紳awar蘋, Ab贖 廎兀n蘋fa
Dissection and Anatomy (Tashr蘋廎)
D蘋wn al-尪Ar廎
Diyr Bakr
Dizf贖l, the Great Mosque of
Dream Interpretation
Druze
D贖 Dar, Madrasa
Dualism
嗨喝尪櫻尨-紳勳滄蘋莽蘋
Duhul
硃梭-嗨贖娶聆硃莽喧蘋
D贖st Mu廎仟mmad Khn
Ecstasy
Elias/Elijah
Empedocles
Enoch (Idr蘋s)
Epic (廎仟msa)
Erzerum
Eschatology
Ethics
Euclid
Eve
Evil eye
Fadak
Fa廎l Allh 廎工r贖f蘋 Astarbd蘋
al-Fa廎l b. Shdhn
Fahraj Congregational Mosque
Fakhr al-嗨蘋紳 尪Abd al-廜糎mad Hamadn蘋
Fakhr al-嗨蘋紳 尪Al蘋 廜糎f蘋
Falconry
Fan尨 and Baq尨
硃梭-幛硃紳櫻娶蘋
Faqr
硃梭-幛櫻娶櫻莉蘋
幛硃娶硃莽紳櫻鳥硃堯
幛硃娶眶堯櫻紳硃
硃梭-幛硃娶眶堯櫻紳蘋
Far蘋gh贖nids (l-i Far蘋gh)
幛櫻廜虹鳥硃
幛櫻廜虹鳥勳餃莽
Clearly the editors of ISLA have selected articles they consider will augment the existing reference sources and they have completed this selection task with acumen and skill. The work as a whole remains, however, a specialist encyclopaedia […] – 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.
Robert Gleave, Journal of the American Oriental Society
[The] 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
Printed 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.
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.