Encyclopaedia Islamica; Volume 6 (Encyclopaedia Islamica; Volume 6) by Edited by Wilferd Madelung and Farbad Daftary - 2018

BRILL, 2018. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. This is an abridged translation of the Institute of Ismaili Studies of the Da'irat al-Ma-arif-i Buzurg-i Islami published in Persian by the Centre for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia. This volume begins with poet Da'i Shirazi (810-870/1407-66), head of the Ni'matu'llahi order in Fars, and ends with the Fatamid dynasty that rose to political domination in North Africa in 297\909. Other entries include the ancient prose romance Darab-namah, traditionalist Dawud b. al-Muhabbar (d. 206\821) known for his asceticism and his book Kitab al-'aql, the dihqan class of minor landed gentry, the divine messenger Idris in the Qur'an, and ethics. (2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)