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The Du'a is the prescribed and obligatory prayer for ismailis and constitutes one of the main foundations of faith and the basis of spiritual life. DOWNLOAD it here 

2025, October 12:: Ismaili Heritage has launched on the occasion of this Salgirah Khushiali, the Birthday of our Imam e Zaman Shah Rahim Aga Khan V, a new version of several Apps for Android. (IOS version will follow when ready)

Mumtaz Ali Tajjdin Sadik Ali has built his credibility since decades in the field of Ginanic studies in which he has become one of the experts of our times.

Mumtaz Ali has written this short 16 pages analysis of Satvenni Motti (Satveni Moti) Granth and released it on Navroz (21st March) 1996. After a brief introduction on Nur Muhammad Shah, he goes on in showing the various concepts covered in Motty Satvenni with some verses translated ending in comparing with concepts put forth by Pir Sadardin and explaining in detail the process of Meditation supported by the "Jap", the "Word".

This is an article about the expansion of Ismailism in Multan and Sind since Dai Hatim was sent to these areas in 883AD (Fatimid took power in Maghreb in 909 AD). The expansion continued later under Dai Jalam b. Shayban( http://ismaili.net/heritage/node/2187) who seize Multan for the Fatimid Imams in 985 AD.

The large collection of the Turkish and Arabic manuscripts at the St Catherine Monastery in Sinai contains several Decrees issued by various Fatimid Caliphs and in particular Mustealian Fatimid Caliphs. In some of those we find confirmation of the covenant of Prophet Muhammad with the Christians for their protection. Stern publishes here one of the Decree of the Regent Abd al Majid in this article.

A PDF download is available from the link below.

L'article par Yves Marquet est en Francais. Vous pouvez le lire en cliquant ci-dessous sur le lien en format PDF. (1ere partie de l'article: page 1 - 45)

This is an article in French by Yves Marquet.. The article is about Ya'Qubi (d.897AD), a geographer, historian and author of Shia/Ismaili persuasion who was writing at the second half of the ninth Century, that is before the advent of the Fatimids.

Une Thèse de Doctorat présentée en 1972 a Paris, d’une valeur exceptionnelle, basée sur des manuscrits ismaéliens inédits avec l’aide de sommités tels que le Professeur Henry Corbin et Georges Vajda.

Follow-up to Paris Conference 1975. The 1980 Nairobi Ismailia Association International Review Meeting.

This is the paper presented at the Ismailia Association International Review Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya on 1980 by the Ismailia Association for Canada.

Journal Article

By Gholam-Reza Aavani and By Peter Lamborn Wilson

Includes a translation of the Forty Poems
From Nasir-i Khusraw's Diwan.

Journal of The American Oriental Society
Volume 99/Number 1/January-March 1979

Polygamy And The Druze Family In Israel *

By: AHARON LAYISH
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The full text of Gulshan Khakhee's thesis is attached to the bibliography link.

Written by Dumasia in 1939 when Aga Khan III was still alive, this book covers a number of years of the Imam's life and shows his long lasting influence on the world scene from a very early age.

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Click on the pdf to read the full text. The 375 pages of the book are divided in 2 parts (10 MB each.)

This book is available in Gujarati language audiobook format in 9 mp3 files.

Unfortunately, part 4 is missing - please write to heritage@ismaili.net if you have it.

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As promised in our introduction yesterday, we will discuss orne of the basic things that we do in Jamat Khana. Before we go into these rituals, it is very important to know what is our TARIQA.We will try to discuss this very briefly.

Our Tariqa is a small group of SHIA branch of Islamic Umah, which (our Tariqa) believes in ESSENCE. And what is that ESSENCE? The ESSENCE is NOOR OF ALLAH. Imam of the time is the bearer of that NOOR, that is why everything in our Tariqa revolves around Imam of the time.

The Memoirs of AGA KHAN : WORLD ENOUGH AND TIME

BY HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN, P.C., G.C.S.I., G.C.V.O., G.C.I.E.

1954, Simon and Schuster, New York

NOTE THAT THIS VERSION IS POSTED AS-RECEIVED. APPARENTLY THERE ARE SOME MISTAKES, SO PLEASE SEND US ANY CORRECTIONS, AND WE WILL ENTER THEM AS WE RECEIVE THEM

CONTENTS

PREFACE BY W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Part One: CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH

I A Bridge Across the Years 3
II Islam, the Religion of My Ancestors 8
III Boyhood in India 32
IV I Visit the Western World 55

Part Two: YOUNG MANHOOD

For full text, please scroll down and download the attached pdf.

EXTRACTS:

p. 30

(ii) Ismaili Doctrine

One of the keys to the understanding of the Ismaili (Shia) doctrine lies
in the way Ismailis view man. Man is made up of body and soul participating
in two worlds: the higher world of the First (Aql, an expression of the Divine Volition,
and the lower world of Nafs, which has emanated from Aql and is the
principle of animation from which matter has originated. As man is far
removed from his origins in the higher world, he needs to acquire knowledge of

This Online Book is a one-stop shop of the Materials for the 2010 Copyright Lawsuit Allegedly by Aga Khan.

It gathers court materials as well as articles that are currently available for the ongoing 2010 Lawsuit Launched allegedly by the Aga Khan against 2 of His Murids Nagib Tajdin and Alnaz Jiwa, for Circulating the Imam's Farmans to His Jamat through the Kalam-e Imam-e Zaman Golden Edition Book.

LA PHÉNOMÉNOLOGIE HERMÉNEUTIQUE D'UN "PHILOSOPHE DE LA MÉTAHISTOIRE" HENRY CORBIN (1903-1978) (1)