Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society Bengal

Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society Bengal PDF Author: Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) Library
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Category : Manuscripts, Arabic
Languages : en
Pages : 728

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Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society Bengal

Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society Bengal PDF Author: Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) Library
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Category : Manuscripts, Arabic
Languages : en
Pages : 728

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Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal

Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal PDF Author: Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India)
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Category : Arabic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 726

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Handlist of Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the University of Leiden and Other Collections in the Netherlands

Handlist of Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the University of Leiden and Other Collections in the Netherlands PDF Author: P Voorhoeve
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004625143
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 775

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Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts in Tabular Form

Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts in Tabular Form PDF Author: Asiatic Society (Kolkata, India)
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Category : Manuscripts, Arabic
Languages : ar
Pages : 204

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Publisher: Brill Archive
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Languages : en
Pages : 118

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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal PDF Author:
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 534

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Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1893

Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1893 PDF Author: Royal Asiatic society of Great Britain and Ireland, London. Library
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 556

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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal PDF Author: Asiatic Society of Bengal
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 574

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Catalogue of Arabic Printed Books in the British Museum

Catalogue of Arabic Printed Books in the British Museum PDF Author: British Museum. Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts
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Category : Arabic language
Languages : en
Pages : 604

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Fifty Years in the East

Fifty Years in the East PDF Author: Farhad Daftary
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1786739437
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies Few fields of Islamic studies have witnessed as much progress in modern times as Ismaili studies, and in even fewer instances has the role of a single individual been as pivotal in initiating progress as that of Wladimir Ivanow (1886-1970), whose memoirs are now published here for the first time. The breakthrough in modern Ismaili studies occurred mainly as a result of the recovery and study of a large number of texts relating to the field, which had not been available to the earlier generations of orientalists. The Persian and Arabic Ismaili manuscripts, many edited and published by Ivanow, reflect a rich diversity of intellectual and literary traditions. Ivanow left his native Russia soon after the October Revolution of 1917 and settled in India where he was formally commissioned in 1931 by Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III, the 48th Imam of the Nizari Ismailis, to investigate the history and teachings of the Ismailis. Henceforth, Ivanow began the systematic recovery and study of texts from this tradition of Shi'i Islam, discovered in India, the Middle East and Central Asia, amongst other regions. He also played a key role in the establishment of the Ismaili Society - the first research institution of its kind with a major collection of Ismaili manuscripts. Ivanow made these manuscripts available to other scholars, thereby contributing to further progress in the field. Ivanow completed his memoirs, entitled Fifty Years in the East, in 1968, shortly before his death. This work, originally written in Russian, is comprised of an autobiography and vivid accounts from his travels. These convey his ethnologist's interest in 'the archaeology of the way of life' and profound curiosity for regional customs and languages. The memoirs, written in Tehran during Ivanow's final years, have now been edited with substantial annotations by Farhad Daftary. They reveal for the first time the circumstances under which modern Ismaili studies were initiated and an eyewitness account of several regions during the early decades of the twentieth century before the rapid onset of modernisation.