From Iraq, an Intimate Glimpse of the Religious Holiday of Arbaeen

The World Through a Lens Every year, millions of pilgrims descend on the central Iraqi city of Karbala to commemorate the Shiite holiday of Arbaeen, one of the largest organized gatherings in the world. Credit…

35 | 2020 Les interactions entre šīʿites imāmites et chrétiens

Ce volume 35 est constitué d’un dossier rassemblant la plupart des communications tenues lors du colloque d’avril 2018 à l’Institut catholique de Paris sur les interactions entre imamites et chrétiens. À partir de l’hypothèse que l’histoire, la théologie, la littérature témoignent de la dimension interculturelle des rencontres et des relations, les auteurs montrent comment les identités de chacun se sont façonnées et construites.

The Idea of Iran: Iran in Transition to a New World Order

Date: 28 November 2020 Time: 11:45 AM Finishes: 28 November 2020 Time: 7:15 PM Venue: Virtual Event Type of Event: Symposium Symposium Programme Online Registration The eighteenth century saw the collapse of the Safavid Empire that had given Iran a long period of relative peace and stability and growing, closer encounters with Europea ns and European interests.

The Revival of Twelver Shi’i Tafsīr in Early Modern and Modern Times: Three Case Studies | The Institute of Ismaili Studies

According to the doctrine of early Imami Shi’ism, the authority to interpret the of the Qur’an belongs exclusively to ʿAlī and his descendants, the Imams. Consequently, most Tafsīrs written in Twelver Imami circles after the Occultation of the twelfth Imam are essentially comprised of traditions attributed to the Imams. Yet, an impressive revival of the Imami Tafsīr can be observed in the Ilkhanid period, and even more so during the Safavid era in Iran, in the context of interfacing between Imami Shi’ism, Sufism and philosophy.

REVIEWING THE “OASE” (ORGANIZATION OF AHLULBAYT FOR SOCIAL-SUPPORT AND EDUCATION); Its Creeds, Its Activities, and a Different Color within Indonesian Shi’is | Musadad | Analisa: Journal of Social Science and Religion

Aghaie, Kamran Scot. “The Passion of ‘Ashura in Shiite Islam”. In Voices of Islam, Vol 2, Edited by Vincent J. Cornell, 110-124. London: Praeger. Alterman, John. B and Shireen Hunter. 2004. The Idea and Practice of Philanthropy in Muslim Contexts. Washington: CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies). Bantuanhukum.or.id. 2017.

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Indians appear in Persian painting long before the Safavid period (1501-1722), either as characters in illustrations of the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi or Khamsa of Nizami or as unidentified labourers, elephant jockeys and the like. Over the course of the 16th and 17th centuries the Persian depiction of Indians expanded to include portraits and works in the Indian style.

German Sources on Safavid Persia – Mage Publishers

For this book, Willem Floor has selected and translated into English thirteen German sources reporting on events in Iran from 1580 to 1722. One of these sources has never been published before; four of them are complete books, while the others only have sections dealing with Iran.

Conflicting Worldviews: Shaykh Aḥmad al-Aḥsāʾī’s Risālat al-Rashtīyah and the Problematic of Akbarīan Mysticism

Since its earliest exposure to Iranian Sufis in the mid-seventh century, Ibn ʿArabī’s mysticism has been the subject of lively discussion and examination. It has also left its imprint on many intellectual tendencies, particularly Sufism, esotericism and ḥikmat discourse.

Jan Lucasz. van Hasselt: A Dutch Painter in Safavid Isfahan

Abstract In February 1617, Jan Lucasz. van Hasselt arrived in Persia accompanying Pietro Della Valle (1586-1652), a Roman noble. Sometime between 1618 and 1621 Van Hasselt entered the service of Shah ʿAbbas I (r. 1588-1629), for whom he worked as a painter until the death of the shah.

Gulfization of the Arab World

From projecting ideology and influence, to maintaining a notion of ‘Gulfness’ through the selective exclusion or inclusion of certain beliefs, cultures and peop…