Defenses Glorifying the Aga Khan filed in federal Court - 2010-04-29
In the attached defenses, the defendants affirm to being devoted followers who will unconditionally abide by the wishes of the Aga Khan, whom they glorify in t…
02-Preamble to The Noor En Allah Noor - Letter by the Aga Khan III
See pdf attachment Handwritten Letter (Affidavit) by Aga Khan III followed by transcript detailing the beleifs of the ismailis as distinct from Ithnashris and …
Exhibit of Ismaili Manuscripts 2017
The Heritage Society’s manuscript display is a tapestry of inks, colours, designs, styles, scripts, bindings and rare texts. The Heritage Society has, since it…
Printable Catalogue with foreword ed.2022
TitlePreliminary Online Catalogue of Ismaili manuscripts available online in library.ismaili.netPublication typeBookYear of publication2022AuthorsU. M. Edwards…
Treasures in the Catalogue of Manuscripts and Lithos at Library.ismaili.net
What is special about the Ismaili manuscript collection in this library? What are are some interesting findings in the collection? What is the oldest manuscr…
Nande Ali Prayer
Beautiful page from a Khojki manuscript dated 1820. Written 200 years ago! This is a particular version of the Naade Ali recitation: The Nade Ali ending with :…
Pir Baqir Shah, the son of Seyed Imamshah
Ginan attributed to Syed Baqir Shah, re-attributed to Syed Imam Shah by Mukhi Lalji Devraj in his 100 Ginans Khojki books. The book contains about 15 granths a…
Satpanth manuscripts
This is a different example of Satpanth manuscript. My impression was that Imamshahis have started using Gujarati very early. One of the translation sponsored …
Das Avatar
This discussion stems from the Manuscript Page linked here. I want to share another exciting discovery. Our Manuscript hs0375 found in Ahmedabad area and compl…
Need to preserve this treasure!
This is a wonderful example of a typical Manuscript. Note the state of decay. The pages are dissapearing, the readers of the script are dissapearing, and we ar…
FAQ: Why are some pages missing?
Please note that there are restrictions on some pages. For example, pages with private religious content (Farmans) are not visible to the general public.This m…
Nav Chuga - 2. Choogo Beejo
Aashaajee Annat taaryaanu veechaar-j karantaa te ketaak joog-j jaañno-jee, Amaare maathe tame maher-j aañno Saamee nauv chhoogaa nee chhun naar.....Haree anant…
6. Alamut period
[acidfree:808] Hasan bin Sabbah (1034-1124) took possession of the fort of Alamut in Iran in 1090. His immediate concerns were to refortify Alamut, provide for…
D1. The Work : Contents
The doctrine which the author of the opuscule popounds is a very late and advanced form of Ismailism. Taking the latter as it was towards the close of the Fati…
13. Definition of the Classes of the Believers
Having given a definition and the signs of the Hujjat, I will proceed to the description of the "people of order." They are divided into two categories- the st…
A. Preface
Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime; And departing, leave behind us, Foot-prints on the sands of time. Since the declaration of Haz…
11.0 Sayyidna Hamid ad-Din
He was known as Hamid ad-Din Ahmed b. 'Abd Allah al-Kirmani. His title was Hujjat al- lraqayn (Hujja of the two Iraqs, Iraq and Western Persia). Some Ismaili w…
27.0 Pir Ismailbhai Gangji
Honorable Pir Ismailbhai Gangji was native of Junagadh, Saurashtra, India. Very little is known about his early life, except that he was privileged to be a her…
01. Tauba No Chanto
(Seeking forgiveness for failing to repent) Many of us cannot come to Jamat Khana daily and even when we do, we fail to repent our sins. When we perform the Ta…
01. Heroes of Surat
There are several instances in Ismaili History, which are not recorded. These are the happenings during which momins have given much sacrifices. One of these i…
02. Christianity
The relation between the Druze faith and Christianity takes anotherscope. The Druze faith considers the history of religion as a flow of continuousevents arran…
08. Verse 29th (Tasanif Amir’ki )
“Amir himself dwelt in a mountain and none knew his whereabouts. One ruler of Khorasan revered Satgur Amir. His name was Khaqan Mansur. He traced out every p…
03. FootNotes
(1) Imam Aga Ali Shah, His Highness Aga Khan II (1298-1302/1881-1885), the 47th Imam was born in 1246/1830 at Mahallat, where he spent the first decade of his …
Ismaili History 305 - Birth of Muhammad
Abdullah, the son of Abdul Muttalib, and the father of Muhammad, was then 24 years of age, affianced to Amina bint Wahab. Briefly was the wedded life of Abdull…
Ismaili History 321 - The hypocrites
Though emigration to Medina had given Muhammad a certain amount of respite, it increased opposition to his cause tenfold. While at Mecca, the malice of the Qor…
Ismaili History 337 - Muhammad's successor
The succession to Muhammad is the key question in Shiite Islam, and a principal factor separating them from the Sunni majority. It is seen that Muhammad had no…
Ismaili History 353 - Hussain at Karbala
When they reached the district of Ninawa, a horseman arrived from Kufa, and gave a letter to Hur from Ibn Ziyad, ordering him not to allow Hussain to make halt…
Ismaili History 369 - Imam in Damascus
Ibn Taus related that once caliph Hisham bin Abdul Malik visited Mecca on pilgrimage. On that occasion, Muhammad al-Bakir and his son Jafar Sadik were in Kaba,…
Ismaili History 400 - Syrian period - Ismail to Radi Abdullah
Ismail Bin Jafar Sadik (148-158/765-775)The line of Musa Kazim Abul Khattab Al-Mubarak The doctrine of taqiya Maymun al-Qaddah Death of Ismail Muhammad Bin Ism…
Ismaili History 413 - Muhammad bin Ismail in Farghana
When the Abbasids intensified their search for the Ismaili Imam to its extreme, Muhammad had to travel out of Iran and reached as far as the valley of Farghana…
Ismaili History 432 - Khalaf al-Hallaj
Abdullah bin Maymun (d. 260/874) is reported to have also sent a dai called Khalaf al-Hallaj, the cotton-dresser to Ray in about the middle of the third centur…
Ismaili History 514 - Expedition against Italy
The early Fatimid used Sicily as a base for launching raids against the coastal towns of Italy and France, including the islands of the western Mediterranean; …
Ismaili History 530 - AL-MUIZZ (341-365/952-975)
His name was Ma'd, and kunya was Abu Tamim, surnamed al-Muizz li-din'allah (Fortifier of the religion of God). He was born in Mahdiya in 319/931 when Imam al-M…
Ismaili History 546 - End of Abul Futuh Barjawan
With his accession to power, Abul Futuh Barjawan had to face a number of problems. He however handled the situation, and endeavoured to get an end of it, or at…
Ismaili History 562 - Death of al-Hakim
Al-Hakim had installed an astronomical observatory on Jabal al- Muqattam, near Cairo for Ibn Younus. According to Ibn Khallikan, al- Hakim went out late in the…
Ismaili History 578 - Death of al-Afdal
We have seen heretofore that al-Afdal was an absolute master of the Fatimid empire for 27 years and was murdered in 515/1121. Ibn Qalanisi writes in 'Tarikh-i …
Ismaili History 611 - The Legend of Paradise
Examining a critical and analytical approach of the sources, it is almost possible to clarify that the fortress of Alamut was situated in rocky and infertile r…
Ismaili History 631 - Sacrifices of the fidais
The relation of the Ismailis with the Abbasids and Khwarazmshah had already been improved. The relations of Khwarazmshah with the Abbasids and Ismailis were ho…
Ismaili History 647 - Imam on way to Karakorum
On 1st Rabi I, 655/March 9, 1257, Ruknuddin Khurshah set out from Hamdan with nine companions and a group of Mongols led by Bujrai. On the way, when they arriv…
Ismaili History 813 - Sayeda Imam Begum
Bibi Tahira, commonly known as Sayeda Imam Begum was the last known member of the Kadiwal family during the period under review in India. She was born most pro…